# 5-Minute Emergency Medicine

> Consult: Rosen & Barkin's

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id903384723](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id903384723)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id903384723`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Unbound Medicine, Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (313 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26
- **First published:** 2014-08-28
- **Size:** 12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/5-minute-emergency-medicine/id903384723)
- **Website:** [https://www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone](https://www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy](http://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy)

## Description

**5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult** is a rapid-access clinical reference for emergency physicians, residents, nurses, and other urgent care practitioners. Based on Rosen & Barkin’s trusted resource, the app covers more than 600 emergency medicine conditions in concise, practical entries designed for fast consultation on smartphones and tablets.

Topics include diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, pre-hospital care, and disposition guidance, with helpful Pearls and Pitfalls. The updated 2026 edition adds coverage of vasopressor therapy, renal tubular acidosis, chemotherapy complications, renal failure, opioid use disorder, and ECMO. Users can search across topics, highlight content, add custom notes, and save entries to Favorites.

## Rankings

- #87,420 — Overall
- #80 — minute

## Review summary

User reviews consistently praise 5-Minute Emergency Medicine for being concise, fast, and highly usable at the bedside. Many consider it an indispensable reference, especially for ER and prehospital care, and appreciate its portable, self-contained design without sign-in barriers. However, recurring concerns center on the app’s indexing and labeling: missing topics, mislabels, and typos. Other frequent complaints include a high, inflexible price and cross-device licensing, plus dissatisfaction with outdated UI and update policies that require repurchasing. Some mention incomplete content after purchase.

### Pros

- Concise, rapid, and practical with streamlined treatment plans.
- Indispensable reference for clinicians; widely used and worth the money.
- Portable and self-contained with no sign-in requirements.
- Helpful for prehospital and ER needs, including quick refresher sections.
- Easy to navigate and manipulate through conditions; need-to-know ER information.

### Cons

- Indexing and labeling problems: missing topics, mislabels, and typos (e.g., eclampsia missing; perforated viscous on a preview).
- High price and inflexible licensing; cross-device costs or re-purchasing.
- Update/OS compatibility issues; iOS 11 update problem and forced re-purchase.
- Outdated UI/UX on newer devices; not optimized for iPhone 6/6 Plus.
- Content may be incomplete or not delivered after purchase (e.g., 'no content' for $99).

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