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Can't remember my first one, I remember my first MVA, all DOA's and codes. I'm fairly new to the field, we started our first responder service about 5 years ago now. I've been the service director from the start, and have been able to hold my composure pretty well until our last one (Code...

I made a simple database to keep track of this and much more. It's pretty easy to do in access, but I am using openoffice.org base for now(Free). I don't currently have it setup with reminders, but when we get MS office with Access I plan to re-write the DB to make it so.

We use WARDS, an acronym for the Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System. It isn't too bad, one nice feature is that you can auto-fill the narrative based on the info entered using several different formats (like SOAP and CHART). You can also add your own comments. This quote from Linuss...

Bee Sting Got called to a bee sting case. (We are a Med. First Responder Service in a rural area) While we are trained in the use of Epi-pens, we don't carry them. Anyway get to the lady who is sitting outside in a folding chair, c/o SOB, pain in her chest, and paralysis of both arms. Very...

I hope I am not violating any rules here, but I wanted to share a piece of helpful information for the OP in the now closed Concealed Carry Weapons in Wisconsin thread. I should soon be getting a copy of Portage County's weapon protocols, which from what I understand is basically this: EMS...

2 other first responders and I were at a FDGB for an elderly lady at her home. She's become somewhat of a frequent flier for us. Anyway the bus comes and starts discussing how we are going to re-arrange furniture to move her, and she says "oh my, I've never been surrounded by so many handsome...