Record patient disposition 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 Summary tab, and then click the Disposition sub-tab.

   Fields for gathering information related to the patient as they leave the scene of the incident appear.

   

   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 Details, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Outcome	How the incident ended, with respect to the patient (the patient was transported, transferred, refused treatment, and so forth).
   Destination	The medical facility the patient was transported to.
   Location Choice	The influencing factor in choosing the medical facility the patient was transported to (the patient, the patient's family, EMS protocol, proximity, and so forth).
   Priority to Destination	An indication of how important it is to transport the patient to the destination medical facility.
   Code to Destination	An indication of whether lights and/or sirens were used when transporting the patient. A code of 380 Initial Lights and Sirens/Dwngrd indicates that no lights or sirens were used. A code of 2 indicates that lights, but no sirens were used, and a code of 3 indicates that both lights and sirens were used.
   Personal Protective Equip. Used	An indication of what kind of personal protective equipment (PPE) was used while working with the patient.
   Emergency Dept. Disposition	An indication of where the patient was sent when they were discharged from the emergency department.
   Hospital Disposition	An indication of where the patient was sent when they were discharged from the hospital.

4. Under Patient Information, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Personal Items	List any personal items (cell phone, cash, ring, backpack, and so forth) that belonged to the patient, and that have been collected during the incident by EMS personnel.
   Items Given To	The individual the patient's personal items have been given to for safe keeping.
   Escorted By	The individual who escorted the patient from the incident scene.
   Condition on Arrival	The condition of the patient when they arrived at a medical facility.

5. Under Diverted, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Fac Diverted From	The medical facility the patient was originally en route to for additional care.
   Fac Divert Time	The time the patient was diverted from the original destination medical facility.
   Reason Diverted	The reason the patient was diverted from the original destination medical facility.

6. Under Air EMS, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Air EMS Contacted	The time the air emergency service (EMS) was contacted.
   Air EMS Arrival	The time the air EMS transport arrived on the scene.
   Air EMS Depart	The time the air EMS transport left the scene.
   Air EMS Company	The name of the air EMS company used.

7. Under Alerts, in EMS Exposure, select all infectious diseases that EMS personnel may have been exposed to during the incident.