EMS Timers Plus

EMSTimers Plus is a multi-timer app specifically designed for Emergency Medical Services personnel such as EMTs and paramedics. It tracks a patient through the various stages of handling a patient: Dispatch, Patient Contact, Transport, Hospital, Cleared, and In Service. A button records the clock time of each stage and an optional running timer (started by a single button press) tracks the total time with the patient. The app does not save any identifying information, which should make it HIPAA-compliant. The timer keeps running in the background if the user switches to another app. At the end of the cycle, one button press stops the timer.

The app includes an Apple Watch OS2 version that has the same functionality as the iOS version (except some: see below). It can run independently of the iPhone once it is loaded into the Apple Watch from the iPhone.

In addition to the above features available on the author's EMS Timers app, EMSTimers Plus adds timers for: 5 minute patient re-assessment and 15 minute patient re-assessment. An audible tone is presented while the timer is running, and a visual and audible alert is presented when the timer expires (these features are not in the Apple Watch version).

The author is an NREMT-B.