iRevive, A Pre-Hospital Mobile Database

A majority of emergency medical services (EMS) events are documented by hand, requiring an extensive amount of processing, sorting and review. The data required to obtain quality results researching EMS systems exists in disparate locations with limited access due to current patient privacy laws, poor penetration of data mining and incompatibility of technical systems. iRevive, a handheld mobile database for the pre-hospital setting addresses these problems. It allows pointof-care data capture in an electronic form and uses wireless technology to interface with a back-end server. This server, with web services, provides billing and research applications. Initial field trials of iRevive were performed with Professional Emergency Services on 16 emergency responses. Key issues in workflow and content of the resuscitation software were identified and barriers to its successful integration discussed.