Add motor vehicle crash (MVC) details
- (If you have not done so already) Begin describing the patient's injuries, as outlined in Describe patient injuries.
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Under Injury, click MOI.
The Mechanism of Injury (MOI) choices appear on the right side of the interface.
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On the right side of the interface, click MVC.
A new set of fields appear on the left side of the interface, which are specific to motor vehicle crashes (MVC) and motor vehicle accidents (MVA).
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In the upper right corner of the interface, click Vehicle Type, and then select the type of vehicle the patient was riding in when they were injured.
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(Optional) In the upper right corner of the interface, click Free Draw, and then drag the mouse pointer to "draw" on the vehicle image, to indicate information related to the crash.
Note: You can remove any markings you draw on the vehicle image by clicking Clear Draw.
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Under Vehicle Image, click MVC Patient Position.
A white X in a red circle appears by default in the driver's seat of the vehicle image, and the value for MVC Patient Position is automatically set to the driver's seat.
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(If the patient was not in the driver's seat during the crash) Click the vehicle image, on the seat the patient occupied during the crash.
The position marker on the vehicle image updates accordingly, as does the value for MVC Patient Position.
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Under Details, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.
Field Information needed Safety Equipment
A list of any passenger protection restraints, breathing apparatus, flotation devices, or protective equipment employed during the crash.
Extrication
An indication of whether or not the patient had to be removed from the vehicle by bystanders or emergency personnel.
Ejected from Vehicle
An indication of whether or not the patient was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. Collision
A list of locations where the vehicle was impacted during the crash.
- Click Continue to return to entering information about the patient injuries.
Note: Through the FH Medic administration site, the FH Medic application can be highly configured to display or hide individual fields, require or not-require fields, and even change field labels. As a result, different fields may appear for you than what is shown in the screen shot.
Information on using the FH Medic administration site to control the fields in the FH Medic application is available in the FH Medic Administrator's Guide .
