4.1This practice establishes the national standard for training the EMT in communicating pertinent patient information to the receiving medical facility.

4.2Appropriate physiological data and patient assessment information should be collected from the scene or while en route to the receiving medical facility or medical command site.

4.3This practice is based on the information needs of a receiving medical facility to assist them in medical triage, ED resource management, and the provision of medical direction.

4.4This practice should be used by those who develop curricula, provide continuing medical education, or desire a needs-based reporting approach.

4.5This practice should be used to develop documentation aids such as EMS notepads and medical command documentation sheets.

4.6The communication format in each PISA subsection in this practice are not necessarily in sequential order. The report may vary dependent upon patient presentation.

1.1This practice establishes the EMS standard for communications entailing a patient radio (phone) report to a receiving medical facility.

1.2This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.