standard operating procedure college station fire department
standard operating procedure college station fire department
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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE<br />
COLLEGE STATION FIRE DEPARTMENT<br />
SUBJECT: Incident Reporting SOP: 400.1.10<br />
CATEGORY: Emergency Medical Incidents PAGE: 1 of 2<br />
APPROVED BY:<br />
Chief, Fire Department DATE: 3/99<br />
Purpose:<br />
Responsibilities:<br />
Procedure:<br />
To specify the requirement for the proper documentation of Emergency Medical calls.<br />
It is the responsibility of the Company Officer and the In-Charge Paramedic to insure the accurate<br />
and timely documentation of Emergency Medical calls.<br />
COLLECTION OF DATA:<br />
On scene data will be collected by the Company Officer and/or the In-Charge Paramedic.<br />
COMPLETION OF EMS REPORTS:<br />
The EMS report will be completed and submitted by the In-Charge Paramedic, or in the case where<br />
no ambulance is on the scene, by the Company Officer.<br />
In the cases where an engine crew is responsible for obtaining Patient Refusals , the Company<br />
Officer will be responsible for that portion of EMS reporting to include computer entry if required.<br />
The Company Officer and the Paramedic will agree on the total number of patients before EMS<br />
reports are completed.<br />
The Patient Data Sheet will be completed as soon as possible prior to the incident being closed out.<br />
If no information is available for a particular section of the Patient Data Sheet "N/A" will be<br />
entered.<br />
COMPANY OFFICER VERIFICATION:<br />
All EMS Activity reports will be reviewed and verified for completeness by the Station Officer.<br />
Reports will be verified by Station Officers signature placed at the top of the Patient Data Form next<br />
to the call number. On-duty Station Officers will review and verify reports compiled by EMS crews<br />
held over due to late runs.<br />
If reports cannot be entered into the computer due to system being down or other malfunction they<br />
will be turned over to the Company Officer and held until the next shift or until they can be entered<br />
into the system. Make sure notes are adequate to allow for proper documentation of activities that<br />
can be recalled at the time the report is entered.<br />
SUPPLY OF REPORT FORMS:<br />
The In-Charge Paramedic and the Apparatus Operator are responsible for insuring an adequate<br />
supply of necessary forms are available on their respective apparatus.<br />
rev: 9/94,re#’d 11/02