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IFT transport just arose. Pt information is faxed into office, I start filling in transport paper and see in additional comments "Patient Weighs Alot". Um...o.k. LOL
 
Was "alot" written as one word, too? :P
 
How is that acceptable-- for all of the patient demographics and PMH to be sent to the hospital, and not travel with the patient? What happens when the patient decompensates, and you need to divert to the ER-- what information do you have about their condition?
 
How is that acceptable-- for all of the patient demographics and PMH to be sent to the hospital, and not travel with the patient? What happens when the patient decompensates, and you need to divert to the ER-- what information do you have about their condition?

It seems like you're assuming a lot of facts not in evidence, the biggest one being that the information is not also going with the patient.
 
How is that acceptable-- for all of the patient demographics and PMH to be sent to the hospital, and not travel with the patient? What happens when the patient decompensates, and you need to divert to the ER-- what information do you have about their condition?

I worked for a place that texted the patient's info to the office as a dispatch. Unit whatever, here's your lineup for the day: Edith Jones, Bill Schmidt, Henry Jackson, etc. We started our paperwork when we got the faxes.

This is funny, though...a lot funny!
 
How is that acceptable-- for all of the patient demographics and PMH to be sent to the hospital, and not travel with the patient? What happens when the patient decompensates, and you need to divert to the ER-- what information do you have about their condition?

Calm down. It's just the dispatch information we get. You are going xyz hospital and transporting to abc nursing home. Patient name, weight any pertinent information we may need to make the transport go smoother like on constant O2. On arrival we are handed a packet of information to transport with the patient and a more detailed HPI.

This one simply said in "additional medical information"..."Patien weighs alot" and yes it was one word. I thought the fact that the weight was listed was sufficient but apparently not. :P
 
IFT transport just arose. Pt information is faxed into office, I start filling in transport paper and see in additional comments "Patient Weighs Alot". Um...o.k. LOL

Almost as funny as this one "Obeast patient requires bariatric stretcher and call additional crew for assistance as needed". Only in Philly B)
 
Almost as funny as this one "Obeast patient requires bariatric stretcher and call additional crew for assistance as needed". Only in Philly B)

Depending on how obese the patient is and the level of support provided by both the sending and receiving facility, an additional crew may or may not be needed.
 
Depending on how obese the patient is and the level of support provided by both the sending and receiving facility, an additional crew may or may not be needed.
The crew wasn't the issue, in-fact they were welcomed... Check out the spelling.
 
*Brown looks at the pilots ....

OK so no going in the helicopter for this one then
 
Back when I was doing IFT, we had to get a PCS* on just about every patient. Sometimes, the reason (or one of them) listed would be, "Dementia". But one time, I got one that actually said, "Pt. is totally demented." ROFL :D


*PCS = Physician's Certification Statement, sometimes aka "CMN" for Certification of Medical Necessity; a document to certify to Medicare or the insurance provider why the patient needed ambulance transport.
 
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