Patient Care Report (PCR)

The Patient Care Report (PCR) is the principal source of patient data collection pre-hospital from time of call receipt by the pre-hospital practitioner to handover of patient at ED/destination facility. In the event of an ambulance service not utilising the PHECC PCR; the PHECC Information standard contains the data set on which any alternative PCR is designed.

Purpose: To facilitate: 1) a national framework to record accurate, complete and timely pre-hospital patient data which will provide a vital link in the continuum of patient care in the hospital/destination facility 2) robust national clinical audit 3) strategic planning 4) informs research into new skill, services/equipment.

Coverage: 2005/2006 (national statutory ambulance services) 2008 (Private, Auxiliary and Voluntary licensed CPG providers with an ambulance service).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
Email
data@pre-hospital-emergen.ie
Identifier
Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 2005
Modification date August 8, 2025
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0109
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY
Provenance

Patient information is entered on the 2-part PCR in real time for every patient contact. The PCR must be completed in all circumstances:  All emergency calls  All urgent calls  All calls where a practitioner has to treat a patient  All calls involving refusal of treatment and or transport contrary to the advice given by the practitioner  All calls where patient is treated at scene and not transported. Paper-based system: A PCR copy is included in handover at the Emergency Department (ED)/destination facility and stored with the hospital record/chart. The remaining copy is returned to the licenced CPG provider organisation for storage. ePCR also used by CPG Providers.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2005
End
November 25, 2024
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Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
Geometry
Bounding Box
Centroid
Spatial resolution in meters
Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED
Other identifier
Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/public-health
  2. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/registries
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/infectious-disease
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/chronic-disease
  3. http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
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Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 65
Number of records 383607
Number of records for unique individuals. 437129
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