Collect the patient's medical history

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 Patient tab, and then click the Past History sub-tab.

   Fields for specifying the patient's medical history information appear on the left side of the interface.

   

   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 Patient Past Medical History, for each of the fields, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Cardiovascular	Conditions the patient may have relating to the heart, blood vessels, or the circulation.
   Cancer	Types of cancer the patient may have.
   Neurological	Any disorders of the body's nervous system the patient may have.
   Gastrointestinal	Conditions the patient may have relating to the stomach and intestine, and sometimes to all the structures from the mouth to the anus.
   Genitourinary	Conditions the patient may have caused by infections affecting the genital area and urinary system.
   Infectious	Any illness the patient may have that can be transmitted to people and organisms through the environment.
   Metabolic / Endocrine	Conditions the patient may have which affect the body's production of certain hormones, or the body's ability to process certain nutrients and vitamins.
   Respiratory	Conditions the patient may have relating to the organs in the body that let the patient breathe.
   Psychological	Conditions the patient may have related to the mental and emotional state of a person.
   Women's Health	Conditions the patient may have related to issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to females.
   Surgical	Types of surgery performed on the patient in the past.
   Immunizations	An indication of whether or not (if known) the patient has been immunized, and if those immunizations are up-to-date.