AMIS is being developed as a concept demonstrator in conjunction with Defence Medical Services (DMS) Aero-medical evacuation teams. Where the patient is being moved back from an air head in another country AMIS demonstrates the benefits of a continuous patient record during evacuation (including intensive care), and a summary of the patient's clinical record that is transmitted during flight back to a NHS hospital.  A key element of the system is storage of patient vital signs information on a personal storage device that accompany the patient during the medical evacuation, until the destination NHS hospital is reached, at which point the record may be downloaded. This record may be needed for auditable/legal purposes.  A summary of the patient's status, the AeroMedical Electronic Patient Record Form (AePRF), will be transmitted to the destination NHS hospital and AeroMed HQ 2 Group, in advance of the patient's arrival. This includes transmission at the airhead, and during the flight.
Patient data received, either transmitted from the aircraft or read from the personal storage device, will be stored for subsequent use, including audit and medico-legal purposes.  The AMIS Trial Implements: - Storage of patient vital signs information on personal storage device to accompany the patient - Entry of patient notes and forward transmission to AeroMed HQ 2 Group and the receiving hospital - Reading patient vital signs information at the receiving hospital.  The trial is being run as a simulated AeroMed evacuation from an aircraft, sending patient notes forward to AeroMed HQ 2 Group and the receiving hospital.