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Preserve the original condition

The useful record depends on the event type. For a motor-vehicle event, identify available crash-report and related record sources, while recognizing that TxDOT’s statewide crash-report and crash-data materials are starting points rather than proof that the agency investigated a particular scene. For a boating event, preserve information relevant to the official Texas boating accident duties and reports subject. For a workplace event, organize employer and claim records alongside the medical file. For a product-related event, preserve the product, packaging, instructions, purchase information, photographs, and maintenance history without assuming that any product is legally defective.

• Photographs or video of the scene, vehicles, equipment, clothing, and visible conditions.
• Names and contact information for witnesses, responders, employers, property representatives, or other involved people.
• Incident reports, crash materials, employer records, boating reports, purchase records, and product instructions when applicable.
• Messages, photographs, calendar entries, and notes created close in time to the event.

Event-specific proof: point 2

Do not discard, repair, alter, or overwrite potentially relevant items when preservation is reasonably possible. Keep original files and note when and how photographs, messages, or records were obtained. A record of custody and timing can help distinguish contemporaneous information from later recollection.

Document care outside the clinic

Arrange the file in sequence rather than by provider alone. Include the first evaluation, diagnostic testing, procedures, hospital discharge materials, specialist visits, therapy notes, medication changes, complications, assistive-device evaluations, and current recommendations. Texas Chapter 74 is the official Texas health-care-liability chapter; the source does not authorize conclusions about procedural requirements or deadlines.

• Date and provider for each encounter.
• Symptoms, findings, restrictions, diagnoses, treatment, and response as recorded.
• Rehabilitation goals, progress, setbacks, discharge status, and recommended follow-up.
• Equipment evaluations, orders, training, repairs, accessibility needs, and replacement information.
• A separate daily-function log describing tasks that changed, assistance required, fatigue, pain, communication, cognition, or supervision.

Documentation sequence: point 2

Caregiving and household effects may not appear fully in clinical notes. Maintain calendars, time records, transportation logs, receipts, home-modification estimates, equipment bills, and contemporaneous observations. Identify who performed each task and when, without converting those records into a legal conclusion.

Use the page hierarchy

Begin with preservation and organization. Save original digital material, make copies of paper records, and keep a dated chronology. Avoid guessing about missing facts; label recollections as recollections and identify who can confirm them.

• Seek appropriate medical attention and follow current care instructions.
• Write a neutral event timeline while memories are fresh.
• Request records from each provider and record holder, using date ranges and departments when known.
• Photograph equipment, accessibility conditions, visible injuries, and relevant property without altering the scene.
• Keep work, household, transportation, caregiving, and out-of-pocket documentation in separate folders linked to dates.

Practical next steps: point 2

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