What happens once EMS-transported patients are on hospital property?

• A. EMS remains responsible.
• B. The receiving facility assumes responsibility for all further medical care.
• C. Hospital provides only diagnostic tests.
• D. Care is transferred to police.

Answer: (B)

When the patient is on hospital property, care responsibility passes from the EMS crew to the hospital’s medical team. The receiving facility takes over all ongoing medical decision-making, treatment, and disposition. The EMS crew completes transport and performs a formal handoff to the ED staff or other hospital clinicians; they may assist if needed, but the hospital clinicians assume primary responsibility for the patient’s care. This transfer of care ensures clear accountability and continuity of treatment from prehospital to in-hospital care. The other notions aren’t correct because EMS does not remain responsible after handoff, hospital care isn’t limited to diagnostic tests, and police don’t assume medical responsibility.