Specify the patient's personal information

  1. (If you have not done so already) Add a new incident, or open an existing incident, as described in Add or edit an incident.

    By default, the Response tab and Incident Information sub-tab are selected.

  2. Click the Patient tab, and then click the Demographics sub-tab.

    Fields for specifying the patient's personal information appear on the left side of the interface.

    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 .

  3. Under Personal Info, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

    Tip: If the patient already exists in FH Medic from a previous incident, you can pull up the patient's existing data, as described in Search for a patient. If you have a driver's license scanner available, you can read the patient's information from their driver's license, as described in Read information from a driver's license.

    Field Information needed

    Last Name,
    First Name,
    Middle Initial

    The patient's last (family) name, first (given) name, and middle initial (if any).

    DOB

    The patient's date of birth.

    Note: If you are not able to obtain the patient's date of birth, in the number pad on the right side of the interface, click UTO (unable to obtain).

    FH Medic automatically calculates the patient's age and displays it in Age.

    Age Units

    The division of time (years, months, days, hours, minutes) to associate with the value in Age.

    Race

    The identification of the race of the casualty, based on U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designations.

    Sex

    The patient's gender.

    Phone

    The patient's home or primary telephone number.

    Tip: If the phone number is not available, click UTO (unable to obtain).

    Height
    (feet-inches)

    The patient's height, in feet and inches.

    Weight

    The patient's weight, in pounds or kilograms.

    Tip: To indicate the units you are using for the patients weight, click the button to the right of the field in the data selection/entry area.  The label on this button changes between lbs and kg, to indicate the current unit for the weight.

    Tip: If you cannot establish the patient's weight, click UTO (unable to obtain).

    DL Number

    The patient's driver's license number.

    SSN

    The patient's Social Security Number (SSN).

    Tip: If the SSN is not available, click UTO (unable to obtain).