Patient Transport Report (PTR)
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
2007
To facilitate a national framework to record accurate, complete and timely patient transport data which will enable:
1. Strategic planning.
2. Quality improvement initiatives.
3. Informed research projects into new skills, services and/or equipment.
National — by small number of private and voluntary licensed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) providers who operate an ambulance service. Alternatively, providers are choosing to capture patient data on the more comprehensive PHECC Patient Care Report (PCR).
Patient data is entered on the single copy patient transport report (PTR) for every patient contact. It is utilised for patient data capture on pre-planned patient ambulance transports for outpatient and other scheduled journeys where the patient requires special vehicle or special care but limited to administration of oxygen or stretcher requirements. It is one of a suite of pre-hospital patient reports which can be utilised by the licensed CPG provider. The other reports include: Patient Care Report (PCR), Ambulatory Care Report (ACR) and Cardiac First Response Report (CFR) Report.
PTR collects patient demographic, mobility status, clinical, practitioner and administrative data.
A selection of licensed CPG providers who operate private and voluntary ambulance services.
Data collected at point of contact by the practitioner practicing on behalf of the licensed CPG provider.
Not available.
Information Standard details dataset
Not in use.
Information not available to PHECC as patient records processed and controlled by the licensed CPG provider who operates an ambulance service.
No data published by PHECC on this data as PHECC publishes the standard and related patient report form only. PHECC has no oversight on data collected other than review of clinical audits submitted as a requirement for the annual licensed CPG provider approval process.
Access to data through the individual licensed CPG provider who utilises the PTR.
No
All PHECC information standards and related patient report forms are reviewed at least every three years to facilitate capture of care delivered in the pre-hospital environment by practitioners and compliance with national data collection standards.