While en route back to your station from the emergency department, you discover that you forgot to include vital patient information on the front of your patient care report (PCR). Having left a copy of your PCR with the emergency department staff, you should:

A: include the information on an addendum and furnish it to the hospital.
B: do nothing, since you already left a copy of the PCR at the hospital.
C: document the information on the front of your original PCR.
D: notify the emergency department staff and advise them of your error.

Answer: A: include the information on an addendum and furnish it to the hospital.

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