This readme is included in a zip file which packages the HL7 CDA Release 2 Implementation Guide: Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Report Release 3, Normative US Realm December 2022
It is updated for the 2025 Errata edition. The document template was omitted from the publication; this edition addresses that issue. It also includes some non-substantive introductory text that was also omitted, and it enables hyperlinks for document navigation.
The specification was prepared by Ockham Information Services, LLC under the guidance of the HL7 Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group.
readme.txt This file CDAR2_IG_EMS_PCR_R3_2022NOV.pdf The specification PatientCareReportSample.xml The sample --.sch Schematron for validating instances --.jar Java for validating instances
Release 3 of the guide is in line with the updated (3.5) NEMSIS data set. No other changes have been made.
Style sheet for rendering CDA R2 Documents CDA XSL
MDHT model files, dita content and related files (e.g., Java classes for implementation and validation) are housed on the HL7 GitHub: https://github.com/HL7/cda-ems-patient-care-report
The latest CDA Schema is located on the HL7 GitHub site: https://github.com/HL7/cda-core-2.0/tree/master/schema/extensions https://hl7.org/permalink/?CDAR2.0schemaf
Source materials: Project files are at https://confluence.hl7.org/display/CIC/Emergency+Medical+Services+Patient+Care+Report Source specification: https://nemsis.org/technical-resources/version-3/version-3-data-dictionaries/ Observational terminology is also published at LOINC: (https://loinc.org/search/?t=1&s=84428-2)
Instructions for executing Java validation are provided at Validation
Please direct questions to the HL7 CIC Working Group.