No emergency patient should arrive by ambulance at a hospital without notification through CMED. Entry notifications should be given 5 to 10 minutes prior to arrival and briefly describe the patient's age, sex and chief complaint.
Only essential information needed for appropriate patient preparation should be relayed. A full patient report should be given to staff upon transfer of patient care at the hospital.
Basic Entry Notification Guidelines:
Contact Worcester CMED on MED Channel 4:
“Worcester CMED, Worcester CMED from (Service Name & #)”.
Wait for CMED to respond.
“Requesting priority (1, 2, or 3 ALS/BLS) entry note to (Hospital Name).”
CMED will direct you to a MED Channel; switch to that channel and acknowledge: “(Service Name/# on MED 2, 5, 22, 62, etc)”
CMED will use entry tone requested.
Hospital/Doctor will respond. Confirm they hear you:
“(Hospital Name), How do you Copy?”
“We are transporting an ( age) year old (male/female) complaining of (chief complaint).
Vitals as follows – B/P, Pulse, and Respirations
Briefly provide treatment provided pertinent to chief complaint. (Ex: patient is in full c-spine or extremity splinted or Zofran given)
End with: Questions or Instructions?
Wait for Hospital to respond or sign off.
Request to clear from the MED channel. CMED or Hospital may have questions or clarifications.
*Complaint secondary to an MVA should include:
- severity (minor/moderate/sever damage)
- restrained/unrestrained
- positive/negative LOC
- Immobilized/not immobilized
Hailing on dedicated MED channels, MED 3-Athol
Example: “Worcester CMED, Worcester CMED from Wood’s 265 , ALS entry note to Athol.”