The Write Way to Better E.M.S., Instructor's Edition: How To Organize, Write and Give Better E.M.S. Reports - Softcover

Kennedy, Jr., M.Ed. EMT-P, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595004237 ISBN 13: 9780595004232

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

This special Instructors Edition can help you present better programs on the subject of EMS documentation. The patient care record your EMTs and paramedics leave at the hospital is your calling card. How good do you look? Oral reports need knowledgeable and effective delivery. Written reports also need completeness and accuracy. Written reports are a permanent patient medical record. They help with care continuity. The record of your personnel leave reflects on the professionalism of your organization. Patient care reports are the first place attorneys and regulatory agencies look when seeking to place liability. This training program helps you take steps to decrease your liability by teaching your employees how to write organized, professional reports. It also deals with special situations such as patient refusals, sudden death, crime scenes and child and elder abuse -- areas where your liability could increase even if you dont transport a patient. This book breaks down the components of report giving and writing and provides instructors with a useful tool for training their personnel in proper written documentation and verbal reporting situations. It provides margin cues keyed to the text and helpful insights on presenting the program. Sample reports with analysis, useful for discussion groups, are provided.

About this title

About the Author

Walter C. Kennedy, Jr., M.Ed., EMT-P has extensive experience as both a practicing paramedic in a major urban EMS system and as a designer and instructor of training programs for EMTs and paramedics. He is also a published author of articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595004237
• ISBN 13: 9780595004232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288