11 hours ago You have transported a confused 46-year-old male who overdosed on an unknown drug to a busy emergency department. After giving an oral report to the ED nurse, your partner informs you that he wants to hurry back to the station so that he can watch the end of the football game; therefore, he is going to complete the patient care report (PCR) at a later time. >> Go To The Portal
When transferring patient care to the emergency department nurse, the EMT should advise the nurse that: A. the patient had a reported syncopal episode. B. she should contact the EMR about the incident.
The EMT is completing documentation for the prehospital care report (PCR) and documents: "Patient states, 'Upon walking up the stairs, I became short of breath.'" Which type of information would this be considered? Which of the choices is necessary for ensuring that the minimum data set is as accurate as possible?
A team of EMTs is caring for a critically injured patient. The team leader advises the EMT that transport will not begin until the patient's closed forearm fracture is splinted. Utilizing the crew resource management model, the EMT should: A. repeat the request back to the team leader and then splint the patient's arm.
draw a line through the patient care narrative section and rewrite the report on a supplemental form. black out the incorrect information, make the correction, and initial it. use correction fluid to cover the error and write over it. draw a single line through the error, make the correction, and initial it.
We often hear of care reports based on by medical teams or by medical authorities. Yet, we are not sure how this differs from the kind of report that is given to us by the same people. So this is the time to make it as clear as possible.
Where do you even begin when you write a patient care report? A lot of EMS or EMTs do know how to write one since they are trained to do so.
A patient care report is a document made mostly by the EMS or EMTs. This documented report is done after getting the call. This consists of the information necessary for the assessment and evaluation of a patient’s care.
What should be avoided in a patient care report is making up the information that is not true to the patient. This is why you have to be very careful and very meticulous when writing these kinds of reports. Every detail counts.
The person or the people who will be reading the report are mostly medical authorities. When you are going to be passing this kind of report, make sure that you have all the information correctly. One wrong information can cause a lot of issues and problems.