Patent ID: 8233631

Claim:
A hand-held recording device for recording medical information from a user that is examining a person in an extreme environment, comprising: a housing having an outside and that defines an interior; a plurality of electronic information carriers (EICs) stored within the housing interior and capable of being dispensed therefrom, wherein the housing is configured with a spring-loaded shelf that moves a second one of the EICs into a recording position when a first one of the EICs residing in the recording position is dispensed; recording electronics stored within the housing interior and operably connected to whichever of the EICs is in the recording position; a microphone operably connected to the recording electronics to record, on the EIC in the recording position, medical information from the user about the person being examined; and one or more control buttons electrically connected to the recording electronics and configured to control one or more operations of the recording device.