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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

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