EMS field skills

How to write a patient care report

Other platforms explain it with text and video. In VMS you practice it on the patient.

EMS (NREMT)
Practice it in VR with Blocky

If it is not documented, it did not happen.

Step by step

  1. Timely

    Write as soon as possible. [1]

  2. Times

    Dispatch, arrival, patient contact, treatments, transport, arrival. [1]

  3. Objective

    What you saw and heard; quote the patient. [1]

  4. Assessment

    History, exam, vital signs with times. [1]

  5. Treatment

    What, when, response. [1]

  6. Corrections and privacy

    Per policy; keep it confidential. [1]

Common errors

Practice it in VMS

In VMS you do this on the patient, not on paper: every step goes on the checklist with a score, and in Teach mode Blocky tells you what comes next.

VMS cases that train this skill

506 VMS cases train this skill: open the case library

Sources

  1. National EMS Education Standards (2021)
  2. NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic)

Facts and steps follow NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic); National EMS Education Standards (2021). VMS is not affiliated with these organizations. Updated: 2026-10-11.