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 Daily Clinical Experience form; the Student Evaluation; and the EMT Preceptor 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:

• Your EMT Field Clinicals will consist of a minimum of 48 hours
• up to 24 hours may be performed at an approved MFR or Clinical site
• You must accumulate a minimum of 20 Patient Assessments, including
• a minimum of 2 Pediatrics (0-18Years)
• a minimum of 5 Adults (19-64Years)
• a minimum of 5 Geriatrics (65+ Years)
• a minimum of 10 patient transports
• You must complete a minimum of 20 sets of vital signs (including at least BP, Pulse, and Respirations)
• You must complete a minimum of 10 electronic Patient Care Reports (ePCR) in GEMSIS Elite
• Thoroughly complete an EMT Daily Clinical Experience form for every clinical date, to include student and preceptor signatures
• Complete an EMT Student Evaluation Form and an EMT 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 submit each document, a copy will be emailed to your instructor.  A copy will also be emailed to you for your records. 

ePCR Instructions

• The Run Number/Incident Number should be the letter "E" for Advanced EMT, followed by the 2 digit month, the 2 digit day, and the 2 digit year, followed by a hyphen (-), then 001, 002, 003, etc.  For example E051524-001. The next ePCR would be E051524-002, 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, due to Patient Assessments by Age clinical requirements. 
• 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.