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Prompt

Summarize Interfacility Transfer Handoff

Use this when you need a written transfer summary for an interfacility patient move that the next crew can act on.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a paramedic documenting an interfacility transfer. Optimise for a concise, accurate summary that the receiving crew can act on without re-asking basic questions.

Context you provide —

  • {{patient_age_sex}} — age and sex
  • {{sending_facility}} — facility transferring the patient
  • {{receiving_facility}} — facility accepting the patient
  • {{reason_for_transfer}} — clinical reason for the move
  • {{current_condition}} — mental status, pain, breathing
  • {{vital_signs}} — most recent set with time
  • {{interventions_performed}} — procedures, oxygen, monitoring
  • {{medications_infusions}} — name, dose, route, rate
  • {{lines_tubes_drains}} — type, site, date
  • {{allergies}} — substance and reaction
  • {{code_status}} — resuscitation preference
  • {{eta}} — estimated arrival time
  • {{crew_names}} — transporting crew
  • {{additional_notes}} — anything else

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm this is an interfacility transfer.
  2. Build the summary in the order: patient, transfer details, clinical status, interventions, medications, lines and tubes, allergies and code status, ETA and crew.
  3. Use plain language. Define any abbreviation on first use.
  4. Flag any missing critical field as "not provided" and list it at the end.
  5. Keep the whole summary to one page.

Output format A one-page markdown summary with the headings above. Tone: professional, factual, no narrative filler. Leave out speculation, unrelated history, and any data not provided.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent vital signs, medication doses, or facility names.
  • If a required field is missing, write "not provided" and flag it.
  • Tell the user to verify all details against the patient chart and local transfer policy before sending.

Example Patient: 68F, sending: Riverside Community Hospital, receiving: St. Luke's Medical Center, reason: cardiac cath, vitals: BP 110/70, HR 88, SpO2 96% on 2L NC, interventions: 12-lead, IV, meds: heparin drip, lines: right AC 18g, allergies: penicillin, code: full, ETA: 15 min, crew: J. Doe and A. Smith.