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EMS Narcotics Tracking Software

A secure, compliant way for Fire Departments and EMS teams to manage controlled drugs. Track daily vial counts, log administrations and waste, and keep the chain of custody records the DEA PPAEMA rule expects.

Capabilities

Key Features of the Narcotics Tracking Module

Combined, these features eliminate the uncertainty in a daily count and make sure your controlled substances are managed with the accuracy and accountability the job demands.

Barcode Scanning

Scan vials instead of typing lot numbers. Counts go faster and the transcription errors that create discrepancies stop happening.

Smart Labeling

Customizable labels carry lot numbers, control numbers and expiration dates, so what is on the vial matches what is in the system.

Chain of Custody

Every handoff is time-stamped and attributed. Track each individual vial while it is assigned to a specific medic unit's kit.

Customized Reporting

Generate detailed reports tailored to your department's needs for DEA audits, compliance checks or internal reviews.

Reminders & Notifications

Automated alerts for upcoming expirations, unsigned counts and counts that do not reconcile.

Configurable to Your SOPs

Witness requirements, signature rules and count frequency are configured to match your written procedure, not ours.

DEA PPAEMA Rule

Controlled Substance Records for the DEA PPAEMA Rule

Since March 9, 2026, EMS agencies register with the DEA in their own right under the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act. The agency is now responsible for a readily retrievable record of every controlled substance it receives, moves, administers, wastes or destroys, kept for at least two years.

A paper count book can hold that information. What it cannot do is produce the full history of one vial, across every station and every medic unit, while a DEA investigator is standing in your office.

Emergency Logs records each step as your crews do it, on the phone in the rig or the station computer, so the record the rule asks for is built during the shift instead of pieced together before an audit.

Emergency Logs keeps the records. Your DEA registration, designated location notices, medical director's standing orders and state rules remain your agency's responsibility.

What the rule expects How Emergency Logs handles it
Receipt Each vial is entered once with its lot number, control number and expiration date, and gets a scannable label.
Storage and inventory Daily counts by kit, with security tag validation, checked against the last signed count. A count that does not reconcile raises an alert before it is signed.
Transfers Every handoff between stations, kits and medic units is time-stamped and attributed to the person who made it.
Administration Administrations are logged against the vial, with who gave it and when.
Waste and destruction Partial waste and disposal are recorded against the vial, with the witness your SOP requires.
Readily retrievable Pull the full custody history for any vial in seconds, or run one report across every station and unit.
Two-year retention Records live in your agency's own database and do not age off.
The Product

The Screen Your Crew Will Use

This is the daily count as a medic sees it. Pick the kit or scan it, validate the security tag, count each vial against the last signed count. The same screen works on the station computer and on the phone in the rig.

Emergency Logs narcotics count screen on a desktop: kit selection, security tag validation and the controlled substances count table
The daily count on a medic unit kit, on the station computer.
The same narcotics count screen on a phone, with Scan Kit and Scan Tag buttons
The same count from the rig, with the camera doing the scanning.
Paramedic performing a narcotics count
Why It Matters

Why Departments Move Narcotics Off Paper

A paper count book tells you what someone wrote down. It does not tell you who did not sign, or that a vial expires next Tuesday.

  • See at a glance who has signed and who has not, before the shift ends
  • Catch a count that is off before it is signed, not during an audit
  • Pull a full custody history for any vial in seconds
  • Expiration alerts before product goes to waste
  • Defensible records if a discrepancy is ever questioned
Case Study

Newport Beach Fire Department: Narcotics Off Paper

Counts by unit type, signature rules built to their SOP, and alerts that escalate from the medic at 0900 to the battalion chief at noon. Counts are now signed before 0800 and every vial is tracked to end of service.

Questions

EMS Narcotics Tracking FAQs

Emergency Logs keeps the records the rule asks for: receipt, storage, transfer, administration, waste and destruction for every vial, readily retrievable and kept in your agency's own database. Full compliance also depends on your DEA registration, your medical director's standing orders and your SOPs, which remain your agency's. On a walkthrough we will go through the rule's record list against a real count.

The DEA's final rule under the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act took effect. EMS agencies now register with the DEA in their own right, generally one registration per state, and are responsible for a readily retrievable record of every controlled substance they receive, administer, transfer or dispose of, kept for at least two years.

Yes. Daily counts, signatures, administrations and waste are all recorded in Emergency Logs, so the paper count book can be retired once your medical director and SOP sign off on the change.

Yes. Witness requirements, signature rules and count frequency are configured to match your written procedure, not ours.

Yes. Emergency Logs runs in the browser on phones, tablets and station computers. There is no app to install, and the phone camera scans the kit, the security tag and each vial.

The Narcotics Module can be running in a few days, including setup of your kits, units and signature rules.

No. Emergency Logs is priced per agency. There are no per-seat or mobile license fees, and support is included.

Take The Guesswork Out Of Your Count

Schedule a demo and we will walk your narcotics administrator through a real daily count, on your SOPs, in about twenty minutes.