On the final morning of EMS World Expo 2016 in New Orleans I covered two more sessions for the EMS1 special coverage. How body-worn cameras improve EMS documentation Why chronic pain is a neurodegenerative disease My final hours at EMS World Expo were spent exploring the exhibit hall, talking to members of the EMS1 Advisory […]
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A reader asked, “What abbreviations are approved for EMTs?” 1. Check to see if your organization has a list of approved abbreviations. If your organization doesn’t have a list of approved abbreviations now is a good time to start. An approved list helps documentation consistency and avoiding errors in patient care reports. 2. Look-up medical […]
Test your Medical Legal knowledge in the April 2010 EMS1.com game. I wrote the quiz questions that were uploaded into the C3Softworks game Bravo. Games are an effective tool for teaching in the classroom and online. Tips for electronic patient care report documentation: 1. Consistently work through each data entry screen. The software set-up might not always […]
Writing the Patient Care Report on a notebook or desktop computer can take more time than the entire response, assessment, treatment, and transport – especially if you never learned how to type. Save yourself lots of time and reduce aggravation from hunting and pecking for the next letter by taking a touch typing course. Visit […]
Cardiac arrest patients are challenging patient care and documentation situations. Documenting the numerous interventions, personnel involved, and patient response is often more challenging than the actual patient care. Steve Krantz, a paramedic with 35 years of experience as a medic and EMS educator in Wisconsin, shared with me his tips on improving cardiac arrest patient […]
Buck Feris discusses paramedic field determination of death in a short audio recording (5 minutes). Paramedics need to remember that less is more when writing documentation of death in the patient care report. Buck has observed too many instances where inappropriate or excessive information is gathered that often times disturbs a potential crime scene. Buck […]