A new mobile app can measure respiratory rate in children roughly six times faster than the standard stop watch method. Developed by researchers at British Columbia Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia 'RRate' can reliably measure respiratory rate in an average of 9.9 seconds. Currently physicians typically measure respiratory rate by counting a patient's breaths for 60 seconds using a stop watch. 'With this app we can give health care workers with few resources faster and more accurate measurements help them make better decisions and give them more time with their patients' said Walter Karlen who co-led the study
