Maybe I'm just having a brain fart, but help me out here with this. On our run forms, for pupils, we have a (R) & (L) box for: constricted, midrange, dilated, unresponsive, and pearl. Now...say you do your pupil assesment via penlight and lets say, one or both pupils dont react to light and they are at a midrange state. Would this be checked off as midrange ONLY? Or unresponsive AND midrange. Thoughts?
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futuretoledoemt
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I would mark unresponsive AND midrange, and note it more specifically in the narrative.
Just my VERY humble oppinion
April
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FF/EMT Sam
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After confirming that my patient had a pulse, I'd do what she said.
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You can check more than one box and list your findings in your narative. The "check boxes" should serve as a refresher/reminder to what should be in your narative.
Painting the whole picture is the best thing you can do when completing a PCR.
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you can check more than one box. just make sure you note everything for legal issues and watch how you word things.
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Our charting system allows us to mark seperate things for each eye if needed. If you can't, just check multiples and document WHY!
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