Before terminating communications with medical direction, what must pre-hospital personnel do?

• A. Notify medical direction of a method to re-contact the ambulance and set communications equipment to receive calls.
• B. End the call immediately.
• C. Log out of the system.
• D. Delete the patient data.

Answer: (A)

Maintaining a path to re-contact medical direction is essential. Before ending a directive call, pre-hospital personnel should inform medical direction how to reach the crew again and verify that the communications equipment is configured to receive further calls. This ensures that if patient conditions change, new orders are needed, or questions arise, the team can quickly reconnect for guidance without delay. It also protects the continuity of care and clears the way for any necessary follow-up. Ending the call without leaving a re-contact method would risk delays or miscommunication. Logging out or deleting patient data would disrupt communication or compromise information integrity.