Is there someone on your crew who’s not yet in eMEDS — a new volunteer acting as an observer, perhaps?
eMEDS does not have a field to list personnel who are not in the database. For personnel who are riding but cannot be listed from the personnel list, please write their names in the narrative.
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.
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.
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).
If that fails:
If that fails:
Quick Tip: eMEDS enables you to type only part of a word in many pick lists. If you are working in a panel you opened by clicking the bullet list symbol, you’ll have this option.
For example, typing Ca will result in a short pick list that includes Cancer as well as Cardiac.
Select your choice and move on to the next thing you need to do.
Need to add a second patient report to an incident? Maybe more? The following assumes you already have at least one patient report started.
INCIDENT REPORT vs. UNIT REPORT – Who is in charge?
Incident reports are for reporting what happened on the INCIDENT. It is written by the Officer in Charge (Incident Commander) and, yes, every incident has an Incident Commander (even a single EMS unit response). The report may include information such as:
Unit reports are for reporting the details as they relate to a specific UNIT. It is written by the Unit Officer and may include information such as:
Also, it is important to point out that when you get on the scene of any incident, and you place the responding unit(s) in service, you automatically become the Incident Commander, even if you were not originally dispatched on the call. For example, while driving to the PSTA on a training detail, you come across a PIC that other units have been dispatched to, but you determine that it is a PDC and you clear all of the responding units. You just became the Incident Commander. If you make the decision to clear the assignment, you are now the only one who knows the situation that was found on the call, and why the decision was made to place the other units in service, so you are now responsible for documenting that information on the Incident Report.
Engine cancelled enroute?
If the engine arrives on the scene, the engine officer should complete the incident report. If the engine is cancelled before arriving, then the engine officer should not do the incident report.
Searching for the right entry for a field in your FireApp report? Not sure what the difference is between two codes? Here are links that may help:
Because they’re PDFs, you can search for a specific word or phrase. Just press Ctrl-F (Find) on your keyboard for a search box when you load up the PDF.