Will the North Carolina Office of EMS Provide Treatment and Narrative forms for PreMIS?
Yes, unless OEMS financial resources are reduced, OEMS will continue to provide paper forms containing the minimal core dataset for systems that do not have Internet access. For systems with Internet access, OEMS will provide a worksheet that will allow the EMS technician to record required information in an organized way for computerized entry after patient care. The paper forms and worksheets will provide the unique patient record number that must be given to the hospital at the time the patient is registered to ensure that patient care outcome data can be retrieved later from the hospital. Any future budget reductions may force OEMS to look at other methods of providing treatment and narrative forms in a more cost-effective way.
