EMS Mobile - Emergency Management System for First Responders

EMS Mobile is a mobile "store and forward" solution for patient triage. Ths system records, saves, and transmits demographic and clinical information to an external storage device (smart card) for movement with the patient or wireless transmittal to the next level of care prior to patient arrival. The system began as MedSTARS, a project of the Air Force Surgeon General's office. ProLogic Inc. then modified this original system into what is now EMS Mobile. The system was designed for clinicians' use as a replacement for paper trauma forms. The patient injury is assessed, details surrounding the injury event are noted, and initial medical treatment is documented. Information is stored on a hand-held PC device capable of withstanding extreme heat, cold and impact, and then forwarded automatically to the next medical echelon upon sensing availability of a network connection. In addition to improving patient outcomes through availability of timely, accurate medical information, details on all aspects of the injury and its circumstances are consolidated. EMS Mobile was developed by ProLogic to meet the pre-hospital electronic patient care record requirements of First Responders. A new user interface was created to capture information on the EMS unit and personnel; dispatch and trip details; emergency situation details of national, state and public interest; medical and injury assessment and treatment; narratives; signature forms; reimbursement information and patient destination and disposition. The same tablet PC device is used with data stored on the device until a wireless or wired network is discovered.