Pre-hospital Emergency Information System in America and England: a review

A literature search was carried out using Science Direct، Scirus and PubMed database. The search strategy included keywords on EMS، Pre-hospital Emergency Services، Ambulance Services، Information System، and Information. The retrieved articles were then assessed for relevance and then were examined.

In all 172 articles were identified. Of these 65 articles were found relevant. Minimum dataset of pre-hospital emergency information system included 51 elements in America and 28 elements in England. More comprehensive and analytical reports were being created in the America’s pre-hospital emergency care than those of in England. In addition، information management and communication systems were mainly electronic-based in America compared to England. In terms of people، software and hardware equipments involved in the management of information both systems were similar.

The effectiveness of pre-hospital emergency information system depends on the capabilities of the system، as well as its interoperability with other information systems. The pre-hospital emergency information system benefited from more capabilities in America compared to those in England، and this might be due to more robust information and communication technology infrastructures in America.