Glossary
What is online medical control?
Online medical control is real-time consultation with a physician or advanced practice clinician who authorizes care decisions during an EMS encounter.
In a treat-in-place or community paramedicine encounter, online medical control is the clinician who reviews the assessment and approves a disposition, remain home, clinic, alternate destination or transfer.
Recording who was consulted, when, and what was decided is what makes a remain-home disposition auditable.
Plan the escalation path before the CP visit
On a scheduled CP or MIH visit, the escalation contacts travel with the mission, so the crew knows who to call. Your medical director and OLMC make the care decisions.
Related terms
See a mission go from the chart to the home and back.
A 15-minute walkthrough with a coordinator view, a CP program view and the dashboard your sponsor will read.