Two Records, One Incident
EMS departments typically maintain two separate records for patient-contact incidents: the ePCR (electronic patient care record), required by state EMS regulations and focused on clinical documentation, and the NERIS incident record, required for federal incident data reporting. They coexist — neither replaces the other.
The NERIS EMS Module is focused on incident response data: how the department responded, what resources were used, and what the outcome was at the incident level. It does not include patient-level clinical data from the ePCR.
Where Officers Struggle
Two documentation systems with different fields
Officers familiar with ePCR workflows must complete a second, differently structured record in NERIS.
Patient disposition field has more granularity in NERIS
NERIS disposition options differ from ePCR disposition codes. Officers apply the wrong mapping.
Aid given and aid received fields are new to many officers
NERIS distinguishes between ALS and BLS aid in ways that NFIRS did not.
High EMS volume creates compounding burden
Departments with 60-70% EMS call mix feel NERIS documentation burden most acutely on EMS records.
How Station Draft Helps
The officer writes a short narrative describing the EMS response: nature of the call, what was done, patient disposition at the incident level. Station Draft maps that narrative to NERIS EMS Module fields and flags each one with a confidence level.
Station Draft does not generate or modify ePCR documentation. It addresses only the NERIS incident record side. The officer uses their normal ePCR system for clinical documentation — Station Draft runs in parallel on the NERIS side.
Coverage Scope
Station Draft v0.1 covers standard EMS incident types: cardiac arrest, trauma, respiratory emergencies, overdose, and other common patient-contact incidents. Multi-casualty incidents and incidents requiring specialized clinical detail are flagged for officer review rather than auto-populated.