In a previous post, we had discussed some tips to help in writing a detailed patient care report. To add to that, this post will provide you some tips and ideas on how you can avoid vagueness in writing your report. Being descriptive and detailed is crucial in a few major aspects of patient care reporting for medical flight paramedics. This post will guide you in nailing your report for these aspects.
Important Aspects of Patient Care Reporting for Medical Flight Paramedics
When you respond to a call and transport a patient, you need to avoid being vague when writing your report about the following aspects:
- Dispatch info – Cover all details of the dispatch including patients condition at the time of dispatch, whether it’s an internal or external dispatch, whether you’re the first responders or if there are other rescue units on the way, etc.
- Patient’s condition – It’s obvious that you’ll be reporting details like where you picked up the patient and where you transported them to. But in addition to this, you’ll need to have a detailed report about the patient’s condition such as their mobility and consciousness status, whether or not they were able to understand/respond to your queries, when and how their problem stated, how the symptoms have evolved, etc.
- Interventions and procedures – As a medical flight paramedic, you may need to perform some emergency procedures to help the patients you transport. Make sure you provide in detail which treatments, interventions, or procedures you performed on the patient during transportation. And don’t forget to include details about why those procedures were necessary, which assessments you made and what you found from the assessments.
These three main aspects are crucial for better patient care reporting and to avoid vagueness in your report. They will help the receiving medical facility to provide proper medical care to the patient.
