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Six Tricks You Can Use Today to Improve Your EMS Narrative Report

July 12, 2009 | Ambulance, chart, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems narrative, EMS narrative report, EMS paramedics, ems patient care report, ems pcr, EMS Topics, EMS training, emt narrative, Fire Rescue Topics, Paramedic, paramedic education, paramedic narrative, Patient Management, soap, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics | Ckemtp | 9 Comments

Want to nail your EMS narrative report writing every time? Use these Six Tricks and you can craft the perfect EMS run report every time.

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Chris Kaiser aka "Ckemtp"

I am a paramedic trying to advance the idea that the Emergency Medical Services can be made into the profession that we all want it, need it, and know it deserves to be.

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