Another advantage to the electronic storage of casualty data is that
injury and medical data can follow a casualty through all levels of the
treatment heirarchy. Information entered on the scene by a first
responder can be made available to ambulance and hospital staff, and
can be cross-referenced with an individual's medical history, if
available. Treatment records travel with a casualty, reducing confusion
and simplifying the transfer of casualties from a disaster site to a
centralized treatment facility.
Below is an example screen from our first responder
application, showing an electronic treatment tag that can be filled out
to indicate that various treatments have been administered. This
information will then be immediately available to other first
responders on the scene, as well as other health workers who may
encounter the casualty at a later point in the disaster-management
process.
 
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