Adding a Paramedic to What Began as a Report from a BLS Unit

Scenario: You and your partner on a BLS unit arrive onscene ahead of the paramedic engine. You are there long enough by yourselves that you begin your patient report. Eventually, the ALS provider arrives and you would like to enter him/her in your report (and hand over the report entirely).

  • Locate the Dispatch menu and click the Crew tab.
  • Click the Add button.
  • Select the right information for the Crew Member (the name), Crew Member Level (Paramedic) and Crew Member Response Role (Primary Patient Caregiver – Transport).
  • Click the OK button.
  • Remember to change the former primary patient caregiver to secondary.