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RADIO
Document the quality of the EMS radio communications for this call.
No Attempt: This call did not require radio communication.
Good: All communications were discernible.
Poor: Some communications were not discernible and required repeated transmissions beyond
normal expectations.
Failed: Radio communications failed to permit proper or complete transmission of information.


SPECIAL PURPOSE
Mul Pat Seen: Two or more patients were assessed/treated on this call regardless of whether anyone was transported.
Mul Pat Trans: Two or more patients were transported from this incident.
Haz Mat: Hazardous materials protocols were required in response to this call.
Fire Rehab: Identifies this call as EMS activity related to a working fire.
Add Nar: Indicates an additional narrative form was completed for this patient.
Excep Call: Documents call which fall outside the normal standard of performance.

VAR:

The five alphabetic (A through E) responses are available for jurisdictional use and may be used to collect data for short-term research or jurisdictionally defined data needs.
The numeric (1 through 9) responses are reserved for use as designated by MIEMSS.

You MUST fill in a local variance for all transported patients. In the VARIANCE field (VAR), darken "A" for ALS transport and "B" for BLS transport. This will be used to assist with QA on EMD and "dispatched as" versus "transported as".

Response number four (4) should be used to identify First Responder units arriving at an incident scene prior to the arrival of a medic unit.

Last edited: 2/22/2005