Description should include
- individual chief complaints
- chief complaint
- patient’s age
- critical symptoms
- traumatic incidents
- mechanism of injury
- injury location
- medical incidents
- significant critical symptoms (e.g., decreased level of consciousness, severe hemorrhage, breathing problems, chest pain)
- pediatric traumatic incident
- time/life-critical chief complaint types.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the main action that should be learned from using the EMDPRS?
- How will the EMDPRS guide you in dispatching services (e.g., types of services, hot vs. cold)?
- How do you identify traumatic injuries vs. medical incidents?
- How do you determine the mechanism or nature of illness?