Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a patient data charting apparatus for automatically populating electronic patient care record (ePCR) data at an emergency medical scene includes processor(s) configured to obtain image data image capture device(s), the image data including a sequence of images of performance of a medical procedure by at least one emergency medical services (EMS) caregiver, analyze the image data to identify a sequence of steps corresponding to medical procedure(s), where, for each of at least a portion of the steps, analyzing includes recognizing, within the image data, at least one medical equipment item used. The processor(s) may be configured to identify the medical procedure, determine, based at least in part on the medical procedure, value(s) of data field(s), and populate data field(s) of the ePCR with the value(s).

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: An example of a context sensitive guidance (CSG) system for guiding caregivers providing medical care for a victim, for example a trauma victim, includes a CSG engine and contextual data sources communicatively coupled to the CSG engine. The contextual data sources include a medical device configured to collect physiologic data and provide the physiologic data to the CSG engine and an emergency environment data source configured to receive emergency environment data and provide the data to the CSG engine. The CSG engine includes hardware logic and/or software logic configured to receive the contextual data, evaluate protocols based on the contextual data, select at least one action item based on the protocols, generate at least one instruction based on the action item(s), the instruction(s) including a caregiver instruction and/or a medical device instruction, and provide the instruction to a caregiver interface device and/or the medical device.

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.

Abstract: An EMS medical record acquisition system is provided. The system is configured to provide medical record information to an EMS rescuer in a mobile EMS environment. The system includes a user device, a patient identification data source, and a medical record digest system. The digest system is coupled to the user device and to the patient identification source. The digest system receives identification data from the patient identification source, queries a medical record repository using the identification data, receives a medical record for the patient from the medical record repository, generates a reference code based on the identification data, stores the medical record with the reference code, transmits the reference code to the user device, receives a query including the reference code from the user device, generates a digest at least a portion of the medical record, and provides the digest to the user device.

Abstract: A patient data charting device configured to automatically capture electronic patient care record (ePCR) data from a caregiver is provided. The device includes a memory storing an ePCR including a plurality of data fields, an output device, a microphone configured to acquire speech, and a processor. The processor is configured to convert the speech to text, identify a first value of a data field of the plurality of data fields based on the text, populate the first data field with the first value, generate a prompt that requests a second value of a second data field of the plurality of data fields based on the first data field, and present the prompt to the caregiver via the output device.

Abstract: An EMS medical record acquisition system is provided. The system is configured to provide medical record information to an EMS rescuer in a mobile EMS environment. The system includes a user device, a patient identification data source, and a medical record digest system. The digest system is coupled to the user device and to the patient identification source. The digest system receives identification data from the patient identification source, queries a medical record repository using the identification data, receives a medical record for the patient from the medical record repository, generates a reference code based on the identification data, stores the medical record with the reference code, transmits the reference code to the user device, receives a query including the reference code from the user device, generates a digest at least a portion of the medical record, and provides the digest to the user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cloud-based computer-aided dispatch (CAD) of emergency medical services (EMS) include receiving real-time EMS vehicle location tracking information from and sending an EMS vehicle assignment to a vehicle of an EMS agency, and communicatively coupling to a computing system associated with the EMS agency to provide services including request intake configured to receive a request for a patient's EMS trip, a dispatch GUI hosted at the EMS agency, and a dispatch code service for determining dispatch code(s) for the EMS trip based on the request. The dispatch GUI may include an interactive graphical map, and a data entry window for capturing trip information. Based on a user-selected position on the map, a portion of the trip information may automatically populate in the data entry window. The vehicle may be assigned using the trip information, the real-time vehicle location tracking information, the request, and the dispatch code(s).

Abstract: An EMS medical record acquisition system is provided. The system is configured to provide medical record information to an EMS rescuer in a mobile EMS environment. The system includes a user device, a patient identification data source, and a medical record digest system. The digest system is coupled to the user device and to the patient identification source. The digest system receives identification data from the patient identification source, queries a medical record repository using the identification data, receives a medical record for the patient from the medical record repository, generates a reference code based on the identification data, stores the medical record with the reference code, transmits the reference code to the user device, receives a query including the reference code from the user device, generates a digest at least a portion of the medical record, and provides the digest to the user device.