Trinity EMS Academy

Emergency Medical

 Technician

Field Internship Program

Congratulations!  You have reached the point in your course where the real fun begins.  Below you will find the requirements and documents you will need to complete for your field clinical experience.  Remember, you must thoroughly complete each document for each day you ride a clinical.  You must also ensure that your preceptor signs all documents, to include the EMT Clinical Hours log; the EMT Patient Assessments log; and the Student Clinical Evaluation.  Failure to acquire all necessary signatures may result in the clinical date not counting.

Below are the requirements for completion of the EMT Field Clinicals:

• You will ride on an ambulance as a third member of the crew for a minimum of 60 hours
• You must accumulate a minimum of 15 Patient Assessments
• You must complete a Patient Care Report (PCR) for each Patient Assessment in GEMSIS Elite
• Thoroughly complete all clinical documentation to include ORIGINAL  signatures
• Must complete a Student Evaluation Form and a Preceptor Evaluation Form for each clinical date
• At the end of your course, complete a Clinical File Review (Your Instructor will guide you through this process)
  

Your Instructor should have shown you how to use the electronic documents below to document your clinical experiences.  As you complete each document, assuring all necessary ORIGINAL signatures are affixed , save a copy for your records and email a copy to your Instructor. 

If you do not have Adobe Reader on your device, you will need to download the app.  This is essential for completing the fields on the documents and obtaining signatures from your preceptors.  Both Android and iOS app stores carry this app.  It can also be found on the web for download here . 

Please see each of the videos below for important information concerning your clinical documentation.

ePCR Instructions

• The Run Number/Incident Number should be the year-your initials, followed by 001, 002, 003, etc., and ending with an "E" for EMT.  For example 2022-BF001E. the next ePCR would be 2022-BF002E, etc.
• Do not enter the patient's real name. I recommend a name representative of the patient type, such as "Jane Chest Pain", "Donnie Dyspnea",  "Larry Leg Pain", etc.
• However, you MUST enter the patient's actual date of birth in order to display the patient's actual age.
• Enter all procedures and medications in the appropriate location in the ePCR, as well as in the narrative section.
• Enter all vital signs in the appropriate location in the ePCR.
• Print and save an Adobe PDF copy of the ePCR after completion.
• Using the Adobe PDF copy of the ePCR, yellow highlight all data pertaining to any and all clinical requirements, i.e. patient ages, skills performed, medication administrations, etc., then save this copy for your records, as well as send a copy to your Instructor.