Instant electronic patient data input during emergency response in major disaster setting: report on the use of a rugged wearable (handheld) device and the concept of information flow throughout the deployment of the disaster response upon hospital admission.

A hard- and software solution has been conceived, realized, produced and used to gather clinical information about disaster victims in the field in such a way that it makes the different efforts made by mass casualty incident management managers and first responders work more efficient, ergonomic, safe and useful for further scientific and statistic analysis.