e-medICS is supporting paramedics in their treatment of injuries and ailments in new ways.  Using speech recognition technology first developed for Eurofighter pilots by 20/20 speech Ltd, paramedics feed information into the e-medICS system through an intuitive icon driven interface, the Unified Emergency Care System (UECS) originally developed by Defence Medical Services for training military medics. The system provides online decision support, diagnostics aids and treatment protocols across the entire hazard spectrum of acute medical emergencies and trauma to aid the treatment of patients. This is supported by nationally agreed guidelines developed in conjunction with the Joint Royal College Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) and Warwick University. The unit stores records of all patient treatment and interventions and is capable of then relaying a patient's vital signs, digital images and summary reports back to Accident & Emergency experts in advance of arrival at hospital, who can if necessary provide additional advice on how to treat a condition.  The automated UECS offers a clear benefit to the practitioner by enabling him/her to build up a contemporaneous treatment record whilst the work is in progress.  A broader benefit of widespread use of a system enforcing the JRCALC guidelines is convergence across all services on best practice i.e. an overall improvement in the average standard of care. The e-medICS Trial Implements: - Automated transfer of the dispatch instructions from Ambulance Control to the ambulance - Computerisation of the Unified Emergency Care System (UECS) - Speech controlled, hands-free presentation of JRCALC Clinical Pathways, Protocols & Guidelines to Paramedics. FOR FURTHER DESCRIPTION SEE UNDER 'DEVELOPMENT PLAN'.