EMS Incident List
Incident Summary Feature
Purpose Statement The Incident Summary Feature provides a centralized, at-a-glance view of critical information within an ePCR (electronic Patient Care Report). This feature allows EMS personnel to quickly review, verify, and navigate to key data ...
Disable Hide Rules
Purpose Statement The Disable Hide Rules feature allows authorized users to temporarily override field visibility restrictions in ePCRs. This tool is essential when workflows require access to fields that are normally hidden by conditional logic ...
Completing an ePCR - Using Rapid Intervention Tools
Purpose Statement Rapid Intervention Tools streamline critical documentation during high-acuity incidents by providing quick-access templates for time-sensitive interventions. This feature enables field personnel to capture essential medical ...
EMS Incident - Date/Time Field Enhancement and Functionality
Purpose Statement This article explains the enhanced Date/Time field functionality in the ePCR system, which now provides both direct keyboard input capabilities and calendar picker options to accommodate different user preferences and improve data ...
Enabling and Using the Return Transport Feature
Purpose Statement The purpose of this article is to explain how to enable and use the Return Transport feature in the EMS Incident Documentation module. This feature simplifies the process of documenting return transports by allowing users to quickly ...
Completing an ePCR - Obtaining Signatures
Purpose Statement This feature enables EMS field personnel to obtain appropriate signatures while completing electronic Patient Care Reports (ePCRs) in First Due. Patient signatures provide legal documentation of consent, refusal of care, or ...
Documenting Fire Short Form from within an ePCR
Purpose Statement This article provides comprehensive guidance for configuring and using the Fire Incident Short Form feature within EMS documentation, enabling simultaneous completion of EMS documentation and fire incident reporting. Background ...
Performing a Monitor Import inside an ePCR
Purpose Statement The Monitor Import feature in ePCR documentation allows EMS personnel to seamlessly integrate vital signs, waveforms, and device data directly from patient monitoring equipment into electronic Patient Care Reports. This ...
Adding multiple patients to an ePCR
Purpose Statement This feature enables EMS personnel to efficiently document multiple patients within a single incident by adding additional patient records to an existing ePCR. This functionality streamlines documentation for multi-casualty ...
Starting a new ePCR
Purpose Statement This feature enables EMS personnel to begin a new electronic Patient Care Report (ePCR) with imported CAD information, streamlining the documentation process by automatically populating incident details, unit times, assigned ...
ePCR - Search Patient Feature
Purpose Statement This feature allows field personnel to quickly search for and attach previous patient care records from past incidents within their department to current EMS reports. By linking historical patient data, crews can access critical ...
ePCR: Create and Document without Internet Connection
Purpose Statement To explain how users can create, document, and sync an ePCR when an internet connection is unavailable. This capability supports continuous EMS documentation in remote areas or during connectivity interruptions, ensuring no data is ...
Completing an ePCR - Disposition & EMS Narrative
Purpose Statement To explain how to complete the Disposition & EMS Narrative section of an ePCR, which documents patient disposition throughout the incident and allows completion of the incident narrative. This section ensures proper documentation of ...
Completing an ePCR - Billing, Outcomes & External Reporting
Purpose Statement The Billing, Outcomes & External Reporting section within the ePCR enables comprehensive documentation of consumable items, billing information, patient outcomes, and external report references. This functionality ensures complete ...
Completing an ePCR - Treatments
Purpose Statement To explain how to complete the Treatments section of an ePCR in First Due, enabling EMS personnel to accurately document procedures, medications, and airway management performed during an incident. This section is critical for ...
Completing an ePCR - Vital Signs
Purpose Statement To provide comprehensive guidance on completing the Vital Signs section of an electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) in First Due, ensuring accurate documentation of patient vital signs, lab results, imaging, and medical device ...
Completing an ePCR - General Assessment
Purpose Statement To explain how to complete the General Assessment section within the Assessment group of an ePCR (electronic Patient Care Record) in First Due. This section documents the patient's physical assessment findings across all body ...
Completing an ePCR - Assessment
Purpose Statement The Assessment section of the Electronic Patient Care Report (ePCR) enables responders to comprehensively document patient condition, clinical findings, and situational factors across multiple specialized subsections. This ...
Completing an ePCR - Information
Purpose Statement To explain how to complete the Information section of an ePCR, including patient demographics, medical history, insurance information, and utilizing advanced features like driver's license scanning and patient search functionality ...
Completing an ePCR - Response
Completing an ePCR - Response Purpose Statement To explain how to complete the Response section of an ePCR (electronic Patient Care Record) in First Due. This section captures critical incident response data including crew information, dispatch ...
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