TheAlleghenyHealthNetwork(AHN),EMSFieldPartnerapplicationisintendedprimarilyforuseintheTri-StateareaencompassingSWPennsylvania,EasternOhioandNorthernWestVirginia,butalsomaybeutilizedbythosethroughoutthecountryasareferencetool.
DesignedforallPublicSafetyPersonnel,thisApplicationwasconceptualizedbytheEMSprofessionalsoftheWestPennAlleghenyHealthSystemofPittsburgh,PAanddevelopedbyRitterMobileTechnology,Germany.
TheAHNEMSFieldPartnerenablestheprovidertonotonlyquicklyreferencereferralinformationformedicalandtraumaemergencies,butalsoprovidestheabilitytolinkdirectlywithMedicalCommandatthereceivingAHNhospital.TheGPSfunctionprovidesaccuratecoordinatestoLifeFlightdispatchtospeedthedispatchofhelicopterswhenneeded.
OtherfunctionswithintheEMSFieldPartnerare:
•IdentifiersforHospitalSpecialtyTreatment
•DirectionsfromthesceneoftheemergencytoappropriateAHNhospitals
•AHNStaffreferencesandcontactinformation
•AHNEMSPocketReference
•Pennsylvania’sBLS&ALSProtocols
AlthoughallPublicSafetyProvidersmayutilizetheEMSApp,registrationisrequiredforfullactivationandfunctionality.Registrationisfreeandwilltakelessthan5minutes.