Scene Reports and Mechanism of Injury

Distinguish scene context, injury mechanism, and sources of information.

What to know

A scene report can describe dispatch information, witness accounts, and direct observations. Mechanism of injury describes how force or energy was applied. It does not describe the injury that was confirmed.

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Clinical scenario

A fictional EMS report says “mechanism: fall from ladder.” What does the phrase identify?

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