To get started, click on the Create Patient button in the upper right corner.
Pulsara Web for EMS supports capturing multiple data points when creating a patient, but only a few fields are required, notated by a red asterisk. Those fields are:
- First Contact
- First + Last Name
- Patient Type
- Chief Complaint / Notes (required only for General Patient type)
Field by field instructions for creating a patient as EMS in Pulsara Web
The + Add button can be used to specify Patient Condition or add the patient to an Incident if your organization is configured to participate in Incidents.
Optionally select transporting Unit and Acuity.
Enter the patient’s First and Last Name. If Unknown, click on the corresponding Unknown checkbox on the right side of the field.
Enter the Date of Birth, if available. Tap the Set Age button to automatically calculate patient age from the Date of Birth provided.
NOTE: The Set Age button cannot calculate Date of Birth unless all components of the Date of Birth field are completed including birth day, birth month, and birth year.
Select the patient’s Gender, if available.
Enter the Patient’s Weight.
Entering lb or kg will automatically convert to the other unit of measure.
Choose the Patient Type. If the exact nature of the ailment is unknown, it is recommended that the “General” type is selected.
Enter the Chief Complaint / Notes.
Note: Chief Complaint / Notes is required for General Patient Type.
Click the Transport to button to select a destination. Depending on agency configuration, destination can also be set after the channel is created for situations where the patient may not be transported or destination is unknown at the time of creation.
The Select Destination panel allows selecting facilities that are linked to your EMS organization or by location based on distance from you or using a map to select any Pulsara facility.
Facilities appear with their name, type, town, state and driving distance (if available). They may also appear with a message describing their availability status and other messages they want EMS to consider when selecting a destination.
After selecting a transport destination facility, the ETA field will appear. If the browser is able to determine your location, ETA time will be populated automatically. If ETA does not appear automatically, click into the field and the current time will appear. Optionally use the buttons below the field to bump up the time as needed.
When ready to create the patient channel, click the blue Create button (if destination is not selected) or Alert (if destination is selected). Upon alert, the destination facility will be notified.
To add a destination after creating a patient channel, select the requests tab in the upper right hand corner of the patient details.
Click the + Transport button to select a destination.
The Select Destination panel allows selecting facilities that are linked to your EMS organization or by location based on distance from you or using a map to select any Pulsara facility.
Facilities appear with their name, type, town, state and driving distance (if available). They may also appear with a message describing their availability status and other messages they want EMS to consider when selecting a destination.
After arriving at the destination facility, the At Destination time can be set to indicate when the patient has been dropped off at the facility.
