How to give a radio report to the hospital
Other platforms explain it with text and video. In Making Synapses you practice it on the patient.
A good radio report is short and gives the hospital what it needs to get ready.
Step by step
Identify
Unit and destination. [1]
ETA
Arrival time. [1]
Patient
Age, sex, chief complaint (no names on the radio). [1]
Findings
Key history, exam, vital signs. [1]
Treatment
What you did and the response. [1]
Requests
Orders or questions; repeat back orders. [1]
Common errors
- Long stories.
- Names on the radio.
- No ETA.
Practice it in Making Synapses
In Making Synapses you do this on the patient, not on paper: every step goes on the checklist with a score, and in Teach mode Blocky tells you what comes next.
Making Synapses cases that train this skill
- Fall risk at home, older adult
- Parkinson disease, home safety
- Hypoglycemia at school
- Anaphylaxis in a child
- Tuberculosis, contact with symptoms
- ADHD with weight loss
515 Making Synapses cases train this skill: open the case library
Sources
Facts and steps follow NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic); National EMS Education Standards (2021). Making Synapses is not affiliated with these organizations. Updated: 2026-10-11.