S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-7.700.701

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-7.700.701 - General

A. The EMS Agency shall create and submit an ePCR for each Patient contact regardless of Patient transport decision.

B. The EMS Agency shall ensure the primary Attendant documents all ePCRs within twenty-four (24) hours of the completion of the call.

C. The EMS Agency shall submit all completed ePCRs into the Department's EMS data system within seventy-two (72) hours of the completion of the call.

D. The EMS Agency shall make available each ePCR to the receiving facility within sixty (60) minutes of the completion of the call. The EMS Agency may substitute a paper information sheet, provided the ePCR is made available to the receiving facility no later than twenty-four (24) hours from completion of the call. The EMS Agency may use a custom Preliminary Patient Transfer Form as long as the following minimum components are documented:

1. Incident type, date, location, and tracking number;

2. EMS Agency name;

3. Ambulance identifier;

4. EMS personnel name(s) and certification number(s);

5. Time of Dispatch, at-patient time, scene departure time, and destination arrival time;

6. Patient information to include Patient name, address, and date of birth;

7. Assessment and/or Treatment information to include the chief complaint; vital signs, including Rapid Artery oCclusion Evaluation (RACE), Glascow Coma Score (GCS), and Revised Trauma Score (RTS) if applicable; signs, symptoms, procedures, and interventions with pertinent times; medications with times; and a brief narrative; and

8. Transfer of care information to include the receiving nurse, physician, or EMS Personnel with signature.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-7.700.701

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016; State Register Volume 46, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/27/2022.