Remember 2 Things from Steve Whitehead focuses on the laptop computer and the ePCR. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com I would add: 1. If you are wearing gloves that have touched the patient you shouldn’t be using the laptop. 2. Secure or stow the laptop when it is not in use. Like anything else it […]
How do you write notes in the field? Do you use scraps of paper, a smartphone app, or a tablet PCR? A new EMT asked me for ideas for tracking the patient assessment details they learned during the patient assessment. I have used a variety of methods. 1. Paper notepad. My favorite has always been […]
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 […]
The 2010 EMS Administrators Association of California was held June 8 and 9 in San Diego, California. I had the honor of being invited to present two sessions. The first session was a co-presentation with Michael Stelzner of the SocialMediaExaminer.com, about social media. He and I introduced the relevance of social media, how it is […]
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 […]