IBID Causation

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IBID Causation Form

The IBID Causation form gives a little background in the associations and circumstances that lead up to the injury or episode. This includes the activities they were taking part in and added contributors such as drink drugs and mental state.

Within the form the fields highlighted with red stars are important and must be filled in wherever possible.

Causation Fields

• Date of injury - Pick from a drop down list or free type the date in to the date field,failure to insert a date will generate a validation error. If the date is not known it can be filled in when the information becomes available.
• Time of injury - Can be picked from scroll down list or free typed in to the data field. Failure to insert a time will generate a validation error. If the time is not available it can be inserted at a later date.
• Cause of injury - A searchable free type field that enables you to enter as much detail as possible regarding the injury or episode. Once data is entered a search can be done for keyword content.
• Days Post Injury - Aquila automatically generates the time lapse between injury and time injury was recorded.
• Fire brigade Involved - A searchable tickbox for fire brigade involvement. Once this tick box has been activated it allows the user to record the FDR 1 Number, this is a reference number introduced in the 1978 used for analysis and statistics regarding fires including casualties. On the basis of data items collected, it is possible to derive the location of fire, most likely cause, source of ignition, spread of fire, method of fire-fighting, time and day of call to brigade, risk to life, rescue information, the details of casualties and many other variables.

• Intentional Injury Suspected. - A searchable tick box to flag suspected intentional injury, useful for analysis and statistics.
• Neglect suspected - A searchable tick box to flag suspected neglect, useful for analysis and statistics.

Location (fields as shown above) - Can be picked from a drop down list, these fields are accompanied with a useful data field for additional free typed information . Failure to insert a location field will generate a validation error. If the information is not available it can be inserted at a later date.

Social Care services

• Known to social services
• Safeguarding Plan Subject
• Referral to Social Services

Searchable tick boxes enabling the user to flag the patients social care needs, accompanied by a searchable free text information box for details of the safeguarding plan.

Association & Contributor

The association & Contributor fields - searchable fields that flag added causes or contributors associated to the cause of injury. Such as Association "Clothing Fire" Contributor "Smoking". This helps build a picture of events prior to the injury or episode.

Incident Location

• Country- Pick country that episode or injury occurred from a drop down list.
• Postcode - The postcode of the incident location can be typed in to this field, alternatively the "Copy Patients Address" button will automatically import the postcode imputed in the patient demographics field.