eMEDS Elite

Entering 12-Lead and Cardiac Rhythm in eMEDS without Error

Posted on by Jeff Feiertag

If you are entering a 12-lead in eMEDS, you want to make sure you do everything you need to do. Often, people only do half the work.

People typically remember to enter the 12-lead but that is not enough. You also need to record the cardiac rhythm with the vital signs.

Note: Please record the rhythm through the vital signs instead of simply adding it to the narrative. People who run reports can include data fields in their tabulations but the same cannot be said for data coming from the narratives.

 

Docking Your eMEDS Toughbook (Quick Version)

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Seat the Feet

Align the feet of the docking station with the notches on the bottom of the Toughbook.

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Match A to A

Ensure that the A sticker on the Toughbook is in the same place as the A sticker on the docking station (bottom left side).

Match B to B

Guide the top of the Toughbook to the top part of the docking station slowly to match the B stickers on the Toughbook and the docking station.

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Changing the Resolution on Your eMEDS Toughbook

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The toughbooks offer two resolutions for you to choose. 800×600 will show the buttons and drop-down menu items as larger; 1024×768 will show those items as slightly smaller but will give you more to see on the screen without having to scroll. Here is a video that shows you how to change the resolution.

Note: Someone else may have already changed your Toughbook’s resolution and you only have the two from which to choose. Many thanks to Jason Giza for providing the video.

Documenting a Patient Assist

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Scenario: You are dispatched on a patient assist call. You arrive at the patient’s home and help him off the floor. Should you do a report?

From the EMS brass:

“While we’re still considering whether this should be a report, it’s a safer bet right now to assume you should do a report. When you arrive and inquire about the patient to the patient, you’re essentially starting an assessment. Also, if you help him up and then three days later he has pain, also saying he tried to tell you and you weren’t interested, it’s difficult for us to determine what happened or didn’t happen if there is not report.”

In short, it looks like you should do a report until/unless you hear otherwise from headquarters.

Looking Up Repeat Patients

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Are you escorting a very familiar face to the hospital? Remember, Elite can provide you with a shortcut to important information (e.g., history, allergies, etc.) with the Repeat button.

  • Locate the Patient menu and the Patient Information tab.
  • Type in the patient’s last name (and/or first name, and/or SSN).
  • Click the Find a Repeat Patient button.
  • Insert more information into the form to narrow your search.Note: You probably want to pull information from a report you personally wrote in the past instead of assuming that whichever report on the same individual will contain the same quality of information you would have input. Remember to verify information with the patient (e.g., “Are you still taking [medicine] and am I correct that you’re allergic to [allergen]”).

Practicing eMEDS Elite Reports in the Station

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Want to practice writing patient reports on Field Bridge in the station?

Remember to log out of the system when you have finished. This login will point automatically to the training database.

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

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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.