System and Method for Recording Attendance in Restricted Areas, Recording Personnel Involved in an Emergency Medical Situation, and Displaying Victim's Critical Medical Information

A system for recording attendance in a restricted area, recording personnel involved in an emergency medical situation, and displaying a victim's critical medical information, comprising:

• a wearable article containing an RFID chip that stores personal identification and medical information of authorized personnel;
• a first portable, wireless RFID reader that reads at least medical information from an RFID chip, in which the data read by the first RFID reader is used to create a database containing the personal identification and medical information of authorized personnel;
• a PDA, mechanically coupled to or integral with the first RFID reader, that displays at least the medical information read from an RFID chip;
• and
• a second RFID reader located at an entrance/exit to a restricted area, that reads at least personal identification data from an RFID chip, in which data read by the second RFID reader is used to create an attendance record of the restricted area.

A method of recording personnel involved in an emergency medical situation and displaying a victim's critical medical information, comprising:

• providing a portable data storage device adapted to be worn on the person and containing personal identification and medical information of authorized personnel;
• providing a portable data storage device reader that reads at least medical information from a data storage device;
• and
• using a portable display device to display at least the medical information read from a storage device.