First-response portable recorder and automated report generator

A method of recording an event, comprising:

• providing a portable recorder;
• obtaining by the portable recorder physiological signals from a human subject;
• recording by the portable recorder sound including certain spoken keywords;
• converting the physiological signals and recorded sound into digital data;
• storing the digital data in memory of the portable recorder.

Apparatus for use by first-response emergency service personnel while providing care to a human subject, the apparatus comprising:

• means for storing data;
• means for sensing physiological signals through electrodes that are attached to a human subject and for converting the physiological signals into electrical signals;
• means for converting sound waves into electrical signals;
• means for converting the electrical signals corresponding to the physiological signals and the electrical signals corresponding to the sound waves into digital data;
• and
• means for storing the digital data corresponding to the sound waves and the digital data corresponding to the physiological signals in the storing means.