The Office of EMS continually is asked by hospital stakeholders about
the failure of EMS crews leave an EMS medical records for patients
transported to hospitals. The Division of Trauma/Critical Care wishes
to close the loop on the long standing topic and this document will be
utilized as a resource and made available to those who make this
inquiry in the future.
Medical Records from a Transferring Hospital - The VDH/OEMS does not
have purview over the lack of medical records sent from a trans...
The Office of EMS provides an EMS Medical Record - Short Form to be
used when completing and/or providing an electronic copy of the full
EMS Medical Record is not possible. THE EMS MEDICAL RECORD - SHORT
FORM IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN REPLACE OF FULLY DOCUMENTING AN EMS
RESPONSE. The short form is designed to leave criticl information
needed by hospital staff to continue providing safe care to EMS
patients. Agencies should develop a means to provide hospital with
complete EMS patient documentat...
