Method and apparatus for reporting emergency incidents

Abstract

An event reporting program ( ) is provided which electronically records information critical to reconstructing events occurring during an emergency incident. The event reporting program ( ) includes an event recording component ( ) for recording events as they occur during the incident, and a post-processing component ( ) for further processing the events recorded by the event recording component after completion of the incident. The event recording component ( ) enables an emergency service provider to input a plurality of event records ( ) describing each event as it occurs and the time at which each event takes place. The event recording component also enables an emergency service provider to input a predefined protocol of expected event records. Each expected event record ( ) identifies an event which is expected to occur during the incident and a time at which the event is expect to occur. Finally, the event recording component also includes a number of tools for providing and/or recording information in addition to the event records to the emergency service provider, e.g., an address book, drug guidelines, a narrative recorder, etc. The post-processing component ( ), on the other hand, enables the user to modify or add to the event records ( ) and other information previously recorded by the event recording component. In addition, the post-processing component ( ) exports event records ( ) to and imports event records ( ) from external devices, such as a remote computer or medical electronic device. Finally, the post-processing component ( ) generates a run report including the recorded event records ( ) and information related to the incident.