When Writing a Prehospital Care Report, You Accidentally Document That

question 35

Multiple Choice

When writing a prehospital care report, you accidentally document that a laceration was on the left side of a patient's face when it was actually on the right side of the face. How would you correct this mistake?

• A) Color over the term "left" with black ink and write the word "right" next to it.
• B) Start the entire prehospital care report over from the beginning.
• C) Carefully use White-Out to cover the term "left" but nothing else in the narrative.
• D) Draw a single line through the term "left" and write the word "right" next to it.

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