Document field termination for a patient

Field termination is the cessation of treatments to the patient, when such as signs of obvious death, obvious mortal wounds and vital organ destruction, and resuscitation efforts would endanger responders are apparent.

1. (If you have not done so already) Do the following.

   1. 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 Events tab, and then click the Treatments sub-tab.

      The Treatments and Supplies sub-tabs appear. The Treatments sub-tab is selected by default, displaying a list of possible treatments.

2. Click Field Termination.

   Fields for gathering information related to the treatment appear on the left side of the interface.

   

3. Under Field Termination, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Time	The time the treatment was administered to the patient. By default, this value is populated with the computer's system time when you selected this treatment option.
   Reason for Termination	A list of the reasons the treatments in the field were ended, such as signs of obvious death, obvious mortal wounds and vital organ destruction, and resuscitation efforts would endanger responders.
   Performed By	The name of the person who determined that treatments in the field should end.
   Notes	Any additional information related to the treatment.
   Prior To Arrival	Indicate whether or not actions were performed on the patient before you arrived on the scene.

4. Click Submit to save the treatment information you entered.

   The Treatments tab reappears.