Method and apparatus for reporting emergency incidents

A computer-readable medium having computer executable components for recording and reporting an emergency incident, wherein the incident comprises a plurality of events associated with treatment of a patient during the incident, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising:

• (a) an event recording component for recording events as they occur during the incident, wherein the event recording component records events by enabling a user to input a plurality of event records, wherein each event record identifies an event which occurred during the incident and a time at which the event occurred, wherein the event recording component enables the user to input a narrative story describing the incident;
• and
• (b) a post-processing component for further processing the events recorded by the event recording component, wherein the post-processing component processes the narrative story input by the user by parsing the narrative story for predefined information, wherein the post-processing component parses the narrative story by:
• (i) identifying at least one keyword in the narrative story which indicates the presence of the expected modifier in the narrative;
• (ii) identifying a modifier template associated with the keyword which identifies a narrative pattern in which the expected modifier and keyword typically appear;
• and
• (iii) scanning the narrative story to locate a modifier which matches the modifier template.

An apparatus for reporting for reporting an emergency incident, wherein the incident comprises a plurality of events associated with treatment of a patient during the incident, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a processing unit;
• and
• (b) a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing program code executed by the processing unit for recording an event/time pair for each event as it occurs during the incident, wherein the event/time pair identifies the event and a time at which the event occurred during the incident, wherein the storage medium further contains program code executed by the processing unit for recording a narrative describing the incident, wherein the storage medium further contains program code executed by the processing unit for parsing the narrative for an expected modifier comprising a piece of desired information, wherein the narrative is parsed by:
• (i) identifying at least one keyword in the narrative which indicates the presence of the expected modifier in the narrative;
• (ii) identifying a modifier template associated with the keyword which identifies a narrative pattern in which the expected modifier and keyword typically appear;
• and
• (iii) scanning the narrative to locate a modifier which matches the modifier template.