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I was trying to add an admitted patient’s home meds to her orders this morning, and found a list of the meds on the initial trauma form, but without any doses.  This began a search for the proper doses.  Did I find them on the paper Home Medication Reconciliation form?  The electronic HMR?  The transferring hospital’s HMR?

None of the above:   I ended up finding the doses on the EMS run sheet. 

During my paramedic training, no one ever emphasized that I should collect not only the names of the patient’s meds but the doses.  I started doing it a few years into practice, not realizing that someone else having the same thought would one day save my butt here in the hospital.  Thank you, Carnegie EMS.