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Patient care report

Meaning in emergency medicine & first aid, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In emergency medicine & first aid, patient care report means: The written or electronic record an ambulance crew makes for each patient: what happened, the findings, the treatment given and changes over time.

In Turkish: ambulans vaka formu, hasta bakım raporu

How it is used

Often shortened to PCR in the US, which can be confused with the laboratory test. In the UK it is called the patient report form (PRF) or electronic patient record (ePR). It is a legal document, so crews complete it carefully and leave a copy at the hospital.

Example sentences

  1. I'll finish the patient care report while you restock the ambulance.

  2. The patient care report showed his blood pressure had been dropping.

Common collocations

  • complete a patient care report
  • electronic patient care report
  • patient report form
  • handoverThe passing of a patient and the key information about them from one team to another, for example from an ambulance crew to emergency department staff.
  • ATMISTA structured format for handing over trauma patients: Age, Time of incident, Mechanism, Injuries, Signs (vital signs) and Treatment given.
  • EMSShort for emergency medical services: the system of ambulances, staff and call centres that gives urgent medical care outside hospital.
  • vital signsThe basic measurements that show how the body is coping, usually pulse, breathing rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, temperature and level of consciousness.

More terms: Ambulance and Prehospital Care

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