Comparison of motor vehicle damage documentation in emergency medical services run reports compared with photographic documentation.

Abstract:

STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether emergency medical services (EMS) run reports adequately document vehicle damage when compared with vehicle photographs by using a traffic accident scoring system. DESIGN:A prospective study consisting of three phases: photographing motor vehicle collisions and collecting their respective EMS run reports, traffic accident damage score development, and comparison of photographs to the run reports by emergency medical technicians using the traffic accident damage score. SETTING:Data were collected in North Carolina and Ohio from motor vehicle crashes to which nine different EMS squads responded during a three-year period. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:EMS squads ranged from basic to paramedic levels of training. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Three emergency medical technicians were unable to determine the area of vehicle damage in 48% and the severity of damage in 61% of the EMS run reports. In contrast, there were no instances in which all three emergency medical technicians were unable to determine both area and severity of damage from the photographs. CONCLUSION:Most EMS run reports do not document vehicle damage adequately.

journal_name

Ann Emerg Med

authors

Hunt RC,Brown RL,Cline KA,Krohmer JR,McCabe JB,Whitley TW

doi

10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81842-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-04-01 00:00:00

pages

651-6

issue

4

eissn

0196-0644

issn

1097-6760

pii

S0196-0644(05)81842-6

journal_volume

22

pub_type

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