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Preserve the physical and digital record

The source and setting often determine which records may exist. For a fire or flame event, preserve photographs, witness information, incident communications, and available scene materials. For a chemical exposure, identify the substance, container, label, instructions, and handling conditions. For an electrical event, preserve information about the device, wiring, controls, warnings, and maintenance. For a product-related event, keep the product, packaging, instructions, purchase information, and photographs in their existing condition when possible.

• Photographs or video of the scene, source, clothing, equipment, and visible injuries.
• Names and contact information for witnesses, responders, property personnel, employers, or other involved people.
• Product labels, manuals, warnings, receipts, packaging, serial information, and ownership records.
• Communications made soon after the event, including messages, reports, and preservation notices.

Match each question to a record

Different event settings may involve different record holders. Scene, fire, product, maintenance, inspection, training, and safety materials may be held by separate people or organizations. Do not assume that one record will explain the whole event. A timeline can show what is missing and help organize requests for records without deciding who is responsible.

Create a dated medical chronology

Collect medical information in chronological order. Begin with emergency evaluation and continue through specialist visits, wound care, procedures, grafting, scar management, rehabilitation, and later assessments. Keep appointment dates, treatment instructions, photographs, medication information, work restrictions, equipment recommendations, and missed appointments together with the related records.

• Emergency and hospital records, discharge instructions, and initial injury descriptions.
• Wound measurements, dressing instructions, infection concerns, procedures, and grafting records.
• Photographs and assessments documenting scarring, contracture, sensation, movement, and appearance over time.
• Physical or occupational rehabilitation records, home programs, equipment needs, and work restrictions.

Connect treatment to daily life

Document functional change in concrete terms. Note difficulty with movement, gripping, walking, bathing, dressing, sleeping, household responsibilities, work tasks, or other regular activities. Keep records showing care provided by family members, equipment used, appointments attended, and changes in the level of assistance needed.

Make preservation the first task

Keep the original files for photographs, videos, messages, and documents. Do not discard clothing, containers, equipment, products, packaging, or other potentially relevant items unless safety requires it. Ask witnesses to preserve their own photographs and messages. Request complete records rather than relying only on summaries, and keep a dated log of every request and response.

• Write a short event narrative and update it only when new information is identified.
• Back up photographs and messages without editing the original files.
• Keep medical, employment, household, and equipment records in separate chronological folders.
• List open questions and identify the record holder most likely to answer each one.

Choose the next record request deliberately

The Texas source packet also identifies official materials for government claims, health-care liability, products liability, workplace claims, transportation records, and boating reports. Which source applies depends on the facts. A review should therefore begin with the event setting and timeline, then move to the records and legal subject areas connected to those facts.