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Table 2 Transfer of parameters to the hospital records: ground ambulance

From: Usage of documented pre-hospital observations in secondary care: a questionnaire study and retrospective comparison of records

 

PRF

EPR

 

Respiratory rate

184

22

(11.9)

Oxygen saturation

152

20

(13.2)

Mechanisms of injury

21

24

(87.5)

GCS score

104

23

(22.1)

Oxygen therapy

347

74

(21.3)

Fluid therapy

113

13

(11.5)

Medications provided

216

132

(61.1)

Immobilization

21

9

(42.9)

  1. Parameters recorded in the pre-hospital report form (PRF) and in the ED clinician’s admission note in the electronic patient record (EPR). Patients admitted with ground ambulance crew. N = 379.