Search Criteria Elements
EMTrack's powerful search features allow you to find and display information that is designed to accommodate diverse needs.
You can create broad views consisting of critical patient and incident information to support your daily operations as well as to manage incident response. You can also locate one patient or a smaller group of patients in order to perform specific operations, including transporting, changing dispositions (such as receiving and discharging), and generating reports. In general, the more search terms you specify, the narrower your search results.
You can save search configurations as filters that you can apply to gadgets in your dashboards.
Read the following sections to learn about your search configuration options:
The examples in this topic show a number of filter configuration options, including the columns you can include. Refer to Element: Filter for more details.
Single Search Term
You can search on a single term and criterion. In the following example, you select Tracking Status, and then specify that you want to view only patients who are currently being transported.
You include Destination Location as a column, save the filter, and apply it to a client list gadget. The list shows active patients whose tracking status is transporting.
Next, you apply this same filter to a client summary gadget. You choose to group by triage category, and elect to view the summary in a pie chart. Each "slice" represents a triage category and the number of patients in that group who are being transported. Hover over a slice to see the category and number of patients.
You can also specify multiple values for a single search term. For example, you can select Triage Category as the search term and Red and Yellow as the values you want to see.
When applied to a client list gadget, only the patient records that fit into these triage categories appear in the list.
Search Set
You can include multiple criteria in a single set of search terms. For example, you want a portion of your dashboard to list Red and Yellow triage category patients associated with (that is, encountered by) a specific provider facility. When you specify terms in a set, it is an "AND" operation. This means the list includes only those patients whose data meets the specified criteria.
The following example shows this saved filter's search term setup.
The gadget shows the records that match these criteria.
Multiple Search Sets
EMTrack also allows you to specify multiple sets of criteria to build an "OR" operation. The resulting list or summary includes the patients whose data meets the criteria specified in one of the sets you define.
For example, your first set is Red and Yellow triage category patients at your facility. For your next set, you specify those patients who are currently being transported to your facility.
You include the Provider Evaluation and current and destination locations as your columns. You save this as a filter and apply it to a client list gadget. The results show all patients who fit the first set OR the second set of criteria.
Options and Search Terms
Remove Options
To remove a criterion from the search configuration, click the minus icon to its right.
To remove a set of criteria from your search configuration, click the remove icon (small white "x") in the set's tab.
My Location or My Provider Option
For certain location-related search terms, the My Location(provider facility) or My Provider (mobile provider) option appears as the top value in the list.
This is an important option when you have access to multiple locations. If you set up a filter using this as a search criterion, the gadget you apply it to shows only those patients that are associated with your currently selected location.
The following search terms can include this option: Current Location, Departure Location, Destination Location, Encounter Mobile Provider, and more.
Search Terms and Values
The following table lists and describes the criteria and other options that may be available to you for configuring your searches. In many cases you can select one option, several, or All.
The table reflects the groupings used within the Add Search Term field. Within each group, the terms are in alphabetical order.
Your organization may not have access to all search terms listed in this table.
Search term table
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Search Category / Term |
Description |
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Assessment |
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Triage Category |
Triage category assigned to the patient; used for grouping patients by level of care needed, as defined in your system. |
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Complaint |
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Complaint Category 1 and 2 |
Category of complaint assigned to the patient, as defined in your system. |
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Location on Body |
Location on patient's body that sustained the injury or is exhibiting the symptom. |
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Identity |
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Alternate IDs |
Alternate triage or tracking tag numbers. |
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Assigned Unit |
EMS agency unit assigned to the patient record. |
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Badge Number |
Patient's badge number (fire department, law enforcement). |
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Client Name |
Patient's full name. |
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First Name |
Patient's first name. |
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Last Name |
Patient's last name. |
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Middle Name |
Patient's middle name. |
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Officer Shield |
Type or number of shield as specified in the patient record (fire department, law enforcement). |
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Organization Position |
Patient's position in their organization, as specified in the patient record. |
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Phone Number |
Patient's phone number, as specified in the patient record. |
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Tracking Number |
Triage or tracking tag number. |
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Movement |
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Current Location |
Patient's current location. |
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Current Location Type |
Type of location. |
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Current Mobile Provider |
Mobile provider associated with the patient. |
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Current Mobile Unit |
Mobile provider unit transporting the patient. |
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Current Sub-Location |
Patient's current sublocation within a facility or incident site. |
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Date Created |
Date the patient record was created; you can choose an exact date or choose from several time frames. |
More than 10 days ago |
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Departure Location |
Patient's most recent provider facility or incident site location; in general, this patient is en route to a destination. |
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Destination Location |
Patient's currently assigned destination provider facility or incident site, as defined in your system. |
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Destination Location Type |
Type of destination. |
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Destination Sub-Location |
Patient's currently assigned sublocation within a destination (a facility or incident site). |
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Disposition |
Patient's current tracking situation. |
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Encounter Location |
Provider facility that has directly cared for the patient. |
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Encounter Mobile Provider |
EMS agency that has directly cared for (transported) the patient. |
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Incident Type |
Type of incident with which the patient may be associated, as defined in your system. |
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Incidents |
Specific active incident. |
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Location Description |
Description of a location. |
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Responding Unit |
Agency mobile unit specified as responding to the call. |
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Tracking Status |
Patients' current tracking status. |
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Transfer Status |
Patient's current transporting status. |
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Physical |
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Age |
Age of patient; you can choose an exact number of years, months, days, or hours, or specify an age range. |
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Clothing |
Description of the patient's clothing. |
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Date of Birth |
Patient's date of birth; you can choose an exact date or choose from several time frames. |
More than 50 years ago |
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Eye Color |
Patient's eye color. |
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Found with Objects |
Object found with the patient and added to the patient record. |
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Gender |
Patient's gender. |
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Identifying Marks |
Marks on the patient that may help with identifying the patient; added to the patient record. |
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Label |
Descriptive label, as defined in your system. |
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Language Spoken |
Language specified in the patient's record. |
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Occupation |
Patient's occupation, as specified in the patient record. |
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Uniform |
Patient's uniform (fire department, law enforcement). |
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Treatment |
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Medication Lot Number |
Lot number of medication administered to the patient. |
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Treatment Level |
Type of responding unit. |
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