We're designing a noninvasive wearable patch that continuously tracks patient vitals during ambulance transport — eliminating the need for manual rechecks every five minutes. We're in the research phase and we're talking to the people who will use it.
Taking vital signs in a moving ambulance is harder than it sounds. It's time-consuming, repetitive, and takes attention away from patient care.
Time Pressure
EMTs must manually check vitals every 5 minutes while simultaneously treating patients, starting IVs, administering medication, and managing airways in a moving vehicle.
Human Error
Motion, noise, and chaos can distort readings. Documentation gets delayed. Attention gets split. Inaccurate vitals can lead to delayed or incorrect treatment.
Cognitive Overload
The mental burden of constant vital checks during high-acuity calls contributes to provider stress and burnout, lowering overall standards of patient care.
Documentation Risk
Charting errors create legal risk and liability for departments. Inconsistent documentation can impact patient outcomes and department compliance.
StatPatch is in active research. Before we build hardware, we're talking directly to working EMTs and paramedics — understanding their workflow, validating the problem, and designing a solution that actually fits the truck.
Field Interviews
We are conducting structured 20-minute interviews with working EMTs and paramedics to document workflow realities and identify where current tools fall short.
Problem Validation
We are confirming that the problem — across specific call types, shift contexts, and agency sizes — is consistent and significant enough to justify a dedicated hardware solution.
Design Constraints
Every conversation feeds directly into our hardware and software design. We are building a specification grounded in what providers actually need, not what looks good on paper.
Whether you're the one taking vitals or the one running the department, your perspective shapes what we build.
For EMTs & Paramedics
If you've ever felt the pull between checking vitals and actually caring for your patient, we want to hear about it. A 20-minute conversation with you is worth more than any market research report. We're not selling anything — we're listening.
Share Your ExperienceFor EMS Directors & Department Heads
Charting errors, liability exposure, and EMT burnout are downstream of the same root cause. We'd like a short conversation about how these pressures show up in your agency — and what a solution would need to look like to actually get adopted.
Book a ConversationA single-use adhesive patch placed on the patient's chest at the start of transport. All sensing and Bluetooth transmission electronics integrated directly into the patch — no separate module, no extra steps.
SpO₂
Blood Oxygen Saturation
Continuous pulse oximetry throughout transport with motion-tolerant sensing.
Heart Rate
Continuous Pulse Monitoring
PPG-based monitoring — continuous, not interval-based. No breaks in data.
Skin Temp
Trending Throughout Transport
Thermistor-based skin temperature trending across the full duration of transport.
Resp. Rate
Passive, Motion-Tolerant Detection
Impedance and motion-based respiratory rate — passive detection requiring no patient cooperation.
We'll reach out when we're ready to start pilots. No spam — just meaningful updates from the field.
We are a small team doing serious work. If you've felt this problem firsthand, a conversation with you is worth more than anything else we can do right now.
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