PPCR Submission

I am supporting the language in the new regulations that allow for up to 24 hours for an EMS Agency to submit the pre-hospital patient care report (PPCR).  This requirement gives EMS Agencies the flexibility during disaster situations which are both local and state declared disasters to rapidly turn ambulances around at receiving hospitals.  Our County (Roanoke County) transports close to 10,000 patients a year to local hospitals and our PPCR is almost always left at the hospital at time of turn over to the ER Staff.  On rare occasions (if almost never) the PPCR would be sent later that day but a full report to the ER Staff has been provided by the EMS Personnel who transported the patient.

Requiring more stringent reporting is burdensome and has financial implications for local governments already dealing with the worst budget recession since the Great Depression.