LIKAR APP

What is the LIKAR APP?


There are not enough language mediators available for emergencies in emergency services, but also in primary care and outpatient care. To improve care in hospitals, medical students at Charité - Universitätsmedizin in Berlin developed lists of common questions and answers in Latin and Cyrillic script, and later also with phonetic transcriptions. Patients often understood the questions, and then gave answers - which, however, those treating them could not understand without knowledge of the language. That's why people quickly turned to using online translators from well-known American tech giants. But here the problem was not only in the repetitive input of different questions, but also in the input of the answer in Cyrillic script with Latin keyboards. Therefore, this approach was abandoned, and an attempt was made to use only those colleagues who have appropriate language skills. However, this is not possible at all clinics 24/7. This is a problem especially in emergency medical services.



LIKAR is an acronym and stands for "Easy-to-use, intuitive and free anamnesis aid in emergency services", and is currently available for Samsung applications and as an application on the LIKAR-Med site. It is structured according to the SAMPLER scheme, which is a common basis for emergency history taking in rescue services. Here, patients and rescuers do not have to communicate directly, but tap on icons in the app. At the end, the answers are output as a PDF, and can be printed or sent. The app was developed by Pépinière INP gGmbH and many volunteers and partners from the business community, and is available for free download in the Google Store and as an embedded version here on this website. The Google App and the web application were funded as part of a project by the German Foundation for Engagement and Volunteering in 2022.



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Likar App (Browser Version)


Here you can now use the web version of the Likar app. As in the native Android app, a PDF file is generated at the end, which you can then show or send to the responsible doctor or paramedic.