EMS Handoff
Patient Care
The purpose of the EMS Handoff (Timeout) Project is to create a standardized approach to handoff communication during transfer of care between the prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) provider and the hospital care provider.
To learn more about this project, please review the documents Guideline, MIST Tool, and Feedback Form.
To read about the COTS EMS Handoff project published in JEMS on June 23, 2020, visit the Journal of Emergency Medical Services, Collaboration: The Key to a Successful Patient Care Handoff.
EMS Today Podcast “Continuity of Care” an interview with Jamie Wilson on November 11, 2020 – discusses the COTS regional hand-off process
For more information, contact Sherri Kovach.