How to Radio Patch in EMS | EMT Skills | EMT School | EMT Job

[@TheParamedicCoach]

This "radio patch" can be emergent or non-emergent depending on the destination hospital, EMS protocols, and of course the patient's condition. Get lifetime access to my Video Study Course: www.prepareforems.com

[@longr59]

The radio patch is something I see many new providers stumble with. This can be crucial in many cases. Awesome Video.

[@bro_iits_pacman9703]

Can you do a how to give report to a nurse? Or what’s important to let them know once you reach the hospital. For both 911 and IF

[@daver7547]

@@willispautz adding to that, any medication the Pt is taking and allergies to any medications.

[@hvymtal8566]

EMT here. My method: -What's their name -What's their age (pronouns usually go somewhere in here) -Why you brought them to this facility -What your field impression is (if the above does not explain it adequately) -"Critical info" -All other information By critical info I mean S/S, history, allergies, vitals and diagnostics, pertinent meds, assessment findings etc, but, you're cherry-picking stuff specifically tailored to the incident. So for instance, for someone in Respiratory Distress, pupillary response and their lactose allergy should probably take a backseat to lung sounds and previous hospitalization with ventilator treatment for an 11/10 asthma attack. Or look at it the reverse way: If you were being told that an EMS crew is coming in with your patient, what would you want to know first and what info would you want to come later? For all other info, I prefer the order of other vitals, remaining OPQRST items, remaining SAMPLE items, other non-critical hx, any non-critical assessment findings, all other information. This will be more a personal thing as to how you want to present the information For IFTs, a big one you need to do for general-to-specialty, home-to-hospice, etc is why they need to come to the receiving facility _specifically_ . For transfers from care facilities, they should come with a nice stack of paperwork that will explain things in more detail; review it yourself and try to find the critical information there in case you get the "I just got here" nurse

[@coover65]

What a great and informative video. I'm in Queensland Australia where we have both ends of the scale with hospital notifications, which we call "Sellcalling". With some hospitals, if you say "we've got a 56 year old male GCS 4 with his head in crocodile's mouth", they'll go "So? We'll deal with it when you get here". Other hospitals want to know everything almost down to whether the patient likes long walks on the beach at night (actually i did include that in a handover once!). With obs we tend to say "obs within normal limits" if that's the case, or perhaps bradycardic , hypotensive or a GCS if not 15. For new EMS members, it's good to practice and rehearse. You want minimal but succinct messaging. Our patients going to the cath lab, stroke unit or surgery get a phone call from us-that's just a local policy and they don't go to ER but straight from ambulance to that section.

[@louisj6406]

I’m ironically working on making a course about this very subject for my department. Great presentation and hit all the highlights at a basic level!

[@tomandlizzy]

You had mentioned diverting. Depending I guess on the state but in Missouri they can request you to divert but its just that a request NO ED can refuse a patient no matter how they come in (Walk-in or Ambulance). No the patient can refuse to go to a specific hospital, assuming they sign a refusal. Had a patient that need to go to a trauma center but refused and wanted to go to the local hospital which does not handle any trauma more than a simple Lac or simple fracture.

[@unpopularopinions2261]

I'M A Registered Nurse and I use the SBAR(Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) method to handover to my colleagues😊

[@TheParamedicCoach]

Thanks for sharing!

[@coover65]

I've never heard of that one. What's the recommendation part about?

[@Hal-Robinson]

When you title this radio patch I was thinking it was something completely different because what we call a radio patch is when we have dispatch patches into a channel that is not on our radio using one of our channels into a radio channel on somebody else's system

[@theww2girl141]

I'm not in EMT school yet, but the way I've been practicing is basically ID yourself, what code you're driving, pt. age+ gender, CC, past medical history + medication, vital signs, treatment (if any), how often you're reassessing, ETA, the last thing I'll put is any questions, clarifications, or further orders? ( I'm not in the FD yet, I'm just practicing to get somewhat of an idea even though there are a few things in the way I do it that's probably better off as a handoff report to the charge nurse then in the radio patch.) That was a great video sir.

[@Moatje9000]

Using these videos for improving my GTA5 roleplay skills :p

[@arturogotti3790]

I bought your program, it's really helpful, thank you.

[@TheParamedicCoach]

Great to hear!

[@cpeck485]

Good Job Bot!

[@arturogotti3790]

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[@tinak.3022]

Another wonderful and informative video!

[@TheParamedicCoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Survival_Jim_films]

With the video vault do you get the new videos as they come out.

[@shirinhasavari2427]

Thank you. Great job! I am doing a research on the pre-hospital care process optimization. I wonder whether there is a system (i.e. ePCR etc.) to transfer a patient's vital signs to the receiving facility in real-time and automatically without having to verbally report it?

[@thaboshikwambane]

exactly what I was thinking. with a livestream and real time ETA (estimated time of arrival). Can you share your research article? Keen on reading it

[@cruzgonzalez3863]

I’ll add in, for trauma or GLF, I always get asked if the patient is on anticoagulants so I try to include that initially.

[@roygenerette9283]

Thank u paramedic coach I pass nremt

[@TheParamedicCoach]

Congrats! That's how you do it Roy!

[@cpeck485]

Good job Bot!

[@rollojaxx]

yes medic one can you star pacing the pt

[@valentinmihai6557]

GoodVideoOnRadioPatch!

[@cpeck485]

Good job Bot!

[@anonmouse7900]

Unit Demographics Cheif complaint Symptoms Pertinent history Interventions Vitals Eta

[@isaiahborg7797]

Okay may be wrong here but 130/70? Thought bp couldn’t be odd numbers

[@Bilvec]

They're even