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Office of Emergency Medical Services - Ambulance Services
The Details
What you need
Please note these instructions are for Ambulance Services to self-report serious incidents.
If you want to file a complaint about care you or someone else received by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel, please follow instructions on the File a complaint with the Office of Emergency Medical Services page.
- Your Service ID number
- Date of incident
- Names and certification numbers of EMS Personnel involved in incident
- Trip record(s), number(s), and a copy of the trip record(s)
- If faxing, attach a copy. If emailing serious incident report, fax the patient care report separately.
- If the incident involved a vehicle crash, fire, or theft, include the license place number and the primary garaging location
- Please notify your affiliate hospital medical director (AHMD). Your AHMD must participate in and review and the service's Plan of Correction and Preventability.
How to report
- Download and complete the EMS Serious Incident Report Form l (DOCX)
- Scan and email the form to OEMS.SIR@state.ma.us.
- Fax any trip records that are part of the serious incident report to the Office of Emergency Medical Services at (617) 753-7320. Do not email trip records.