EMD Desktop V-1 :
VitalClick initially developed its VitalClick EMD desktop application as an improvement to the paper-based guide card systems currently utilized by emergency medical dispatchers throughout the United States.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requires that dispatchers use these guide cards, referred to as Emergency Medical Dispatch Protocol Reference System (EMDPRS), when answering medical emergency calls.

The EMDPRS is a set of systematized pre-arrival instructions that include protocols that predetermine vehicle response mode and configuration. The protocols must reflect a given agency's varied ability to respond, ranging from single unit volunteer squads to multiple level response.

The use of a standardized and medically approved EMDPRS makes giving medical information consistent and accurate - as all callers receive the same information, in the same manner, every time.

While EMDPRSs tend to differ in coding, protocol construct and design, they all include the thirty-two most commonly defined chief complaints.

The VitalClick EMD desktop application replicates New Jersey’s existing manual EMDPRS - down to the colors and content. It was developed relying on hard code; using Visual Basic .NET 2005.

VitalClick V-2 CMS :
VitalClick Content Management System (VitalClick-CMS). This software enables VitalClick to readily address localized requirements of any EMDPRS. The invention utilizes a database to maintain cards and prompts for a given agencies suite of EMDPRSs.

Further, the VitalClick-CMS will allow a given agency the ability to update and/or modify their localized protocols in a controlled, consistent and timely manner as required by the national standards.

The invention specifically will allow for timely and consistent updates during a period of national crisis such as a catastrophic epidemic – which is required by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza”.

Through a single web-based user-interface, the software allows VitalClick the ability to manage content for their Desktop application, web-based clients, and mobile devices. Client or jurisdiction required updates, can be made without modifying, building, and re-testing application code.

As a data driven approach, the VitalClick-CMS software enables it to provide data for other devices and applications as driven by market requirements.

As the user base grows, the VitalClick-CMS invention will allow it to maintain data for the applications without requiring exponential time and cost. The VitalClick-CMS software gives licensed users a distinct competitive advantage in terms of response and lowered cost in delivery of applications and subsequent maintenance.

VitalClick content-based (VitalClick-CMS) software enables several types of deployment for Internet and mobile devices. With this strategy, it is able to support the widest possible range of devices for delivery of life-saving protocols and information.

EMD Web :
VitalClick Content Management System (VitalClick-CMS). This software enables VitalClick to readily address localized requirements of any EMDPRS. The invention utilizes a database to maintain cards and prompts for a given agencies suite of EMDPRSs. Further, the VitalClick-CMS will allow a given agency the ability to update and/or modify their localized protocols in a controlled, consistent and timely manner as required by the national standards. The software specifically will allow for timely and consistent updates during a period of national crisis such as a catastrophic epidemic – which is required by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza”.

EMD Mobile :
A simplified web-based mobile version of the application allows users of Blackberry, Treo, and Windows Mobile to access the application. The VitalClick-CMS invention can be used by the widest possible array of Internet connected mobile devices.

Mobile and Portable devices :
For standalone operation without Internet access, the VitalClick-CMS invention addresses the two most popular mobile application platforms – RIM Blackberry and Apple iPhone. Native versions of the application are available for these devices that utilize the same content from VitalClick-CMS. Importantly, these applications would be operable if no wireless Internet service is available.

RIM, Microsoft, and Apple are offering solutions that enable enterprise environments to deploy these applications using existing infrastructure. An IT department of an institution will easily install these solutions.