Does it suit pre-hospital crews?

Yes. The data set captures the things pre-hospital crews need that an in-hospital code sheet doesn't focus on: time of collapse vs time of crew arrival, whether bystander CPR was in progress, AED shocks delivered before arrival, and the on-scene-to-ROSC interval.

Can it run offline in a moving vehicle?

Yes. It is a Progressive Web App; once installed to the home screen it runs without a network. Connectivity is irrelevant during the arrest.

How does it support the ED handover?

The export is designed to be read by the receiving ED team in 20 seconds: time of collapse, bystander CPR yes/no, AED shocks before arrival, downtime to crew arrival, on-scene timeline, drugs given, current rhythm, ROSC status.

Does it integrate with a patient record form?

Not directly — it stays on the device. The intended use is to print or save the PDF and attach it to the PRF, the same way written arrest notes would be attached.

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CPR Scribe

Resuscitation scribe

A resuscitation scribe for pre-hospital crews

A scribing tool aimed at ambulance, BASICS, HEMS and event medical teams. Captures the timings a pre-hospital arrest record needs — bystander CPR, AED shocks before arrival, on-scene-to-ROSC interval — and produces a handover sheet the receiving hospital can read in 20 seconds.

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What you get

Pre-hospital data set
Time of collapse, time of crew arrival, bystander CPR status, AED shocks before arrival, on-scene-to-ROSC interval — captured as discrete fields, not buried in free text.
Works offline in the back of a vehicle
Installs to the home screen, runs without connectivity, survives mobile blackspots. The arrest data never leaves the device unless you choose to share the export.
On-scene and en-route phases distinguished
Tap 'departed scene' and the export splits the timeline into on-scene and transport phases — useful for both clinical handover and operational review.
Handover-ready PDF for the ED
The export is laid out for ED handover: collapse to ROSC, drugs given, shocks delivered, current rhythm, and outcome. Print on scene or hand the phone over at the doors.

What pre-hospital scribing has to capture that hospital scribing doesn't

A pre-hospital arrest record carries information that an in-hospital code sheet does not need. The interval between collapse and crew arrival is often the single most important predictor of outcome and is invisible to a tool that starts the timer at 'CPR commenced'. Bystander CPR before arrival changes the story entirely. AED shocks delivered before the crew got there belong in the shock count, even though no clinician saw them.

This tool treats those fields as first-class. They are entered at the start of the case — usually by the second crew member while the first starts compressions — and they appear in their own section of the export so the receiving team can read them at a glance.

The handover to the ED is the deliverable

Pre-hospital arrests handed over verbally at the resus doors are vulnerable to information loss. The crew has been working the patient for 20+ minutes; the ED team needs the headline facts in under a minute. A spoken handover under that pressure routinely drops the time of collapse, the bystander CPR status, or the on-scene shock count.

Handing over a PDF — or showing the screen — fixes the bandwidth problem. The crew gives the spoken version while the registrar reads the timeline. Nothing has to be repeated because it is all there, and the crew is free to focus on the parts of the story that the document cannot carry: the scene, the family, the suspected mechanism.

Built for crews that work alone or in small teams

Many pre-hospital arrests are managed by a single crew of two. The scribe role has to be shared, often with whoever has a free hand. Big buttons, an interface that survives being put down on the kit bag, and a state that does not reset when the phone is picked up by the other crew member are all consequences of that.

For larger teams — HEMS responses, BASICS doctors arriving alongside an ambulance crew, event medical cover with multiple responders — the same workflow scales. The leader can read the summary view while the dedicated scribe maintains the full event log. Both are looking at the same data, generated from the same device.

Frequently asked

Does it suit pre-hospital crews?: Yes. The data set captures the things pre-hospital crews need that an in-hospital code sheet doesn't focus on: time of collapse vs time of crew arrival, whether bystander CPR was in progress, AED shocks delivered before arrival, and the on-scene-to-ROSC interval.
Can it run offline in a moving vehicle?: Yes. It is a Progressive Web App; once installed to the home screen it runs without a network. Connectivity is irrelevant during the arrest.
How does it support the ED handover?: The export is designed to be read by the receiving ED team in 20 seconds: time of collapse, bystander CPR yes/no, AED shocks before arrival, downtime to crew arrival, on-scene timeline, drugs given, current rhythm, ROSC status.
Does it integrate with a patient record form?: Not directly — it stays on the device. The intended use is to print or save the PDF and attach it to the PRF, the same way written arrest notes would be attached.

Ready when you are

CPR Scribe runs in the browser, installs to your home screen, and works offline. No account needed to start — sign in only if you want to save records.

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