Abstract: A smartphone is provided for documenting an emergency medical services (EMS) call within an electronic patient care record (ePCR). The smartphone includes a memory storing an ePCR including data fields; a touchscreen; and a processor coupled to the memory and the touchscreen. The processor is configured to provide a first data entry screen through the touchscreen, the first data entry screen including user interface controls configured to receive ePCR data field entries through touchscreen gestures, receive the ePCR data field entries through the user interface controls, store each ePCR data field entry in a respective data field of the data fields, identify at least one second data entry screen based on a data field entry of the ePCR data field entries, and provide the second data entry screen through the touchscreen.

Abstract: A system for locally validating an electronic patient care record (ePCR). The system includes a server and a mobile computing device. The server is configured to convert a standard set of rules from the first syntax to a second syntax that is executable within an execution environment and to communicate the standard set of rules to the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device is configured to host, while operating in an offline mode, an ePCR application encoded in the second syntax. The mobile computing device is configured to execute, within the execution environment, at least a portion of the ePCR application to receive at least one ePCR data value via at least one user interface control, and to execute, within the execution environment, at least a portion of the standard set of rules encoded in the second syntax to validate the at least one ePCR data value.