What Is Your ‘PCR’ Report?
“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.”
Luke 6:40
What is Your “PCR” Report?
For nearly eight years our son, Zach, has been a licensed Paramedic in the State of Georgia and is also a Nationally Certified Paramedic. One of his important job responsibilities is to write and maintain accurate, high-quality and detailed documentation regarding the patients he cares for on his EMS calls. These are referred to as “PCR” reports (patient care reports). At a minimum, there are seven marks or key elements that are identified as essentials for documenting a well written and complete “PCR” narrative:
- Dispatch and Response Summery
- Scene Summary
- Patient Physical Exam Summary
- Interventions Summary
- Status Change Summary
- Safety Summary
- Disposition Summary
Yes, Paramedics (and all Healthcare Providers) have a responsibility to provide high-quality, accurate and detailed summaries of all patient encounters. These components and indicators are vital in evaluating a quality “PCR” report.
In a similar way, there are seven vital key components or indicators of a “Fully Trained” disciple of Christ who is replicating the “Conduct” of Christ in their daily life. Observe closely:
- Member – Do I belong to a local church by being in a large group weekend environment and prioritizing a small group environment?
- Magnifier – Am I spending time worshipping God in private when I’m alone, and in public in my local church?
- Minister – Am I meeting the needs of people in my local community, in my occupation, and in my local church?
- Maturing – Am I spending time alone with God, growing in my Fellowship and Faith with Him through reading, studying His Word, and prayer?
- Manager – Am I managing my time, my calendar, my talents, my relationships, my treasure and my body in a God honoring way?
- Messenger – Am I actively seeking out opportunities to share God’s message of love and salvation with others, inviting someone to church, small group, or discipleship group?
- Multiplier – Am I leveraging my influence by reproducing and multiplying more disciples with the life and time I’ve been given here on earth, am I making disciples that make disciples?
Listen closely: If your target is to become a fully trained disciple, then all seven marks of Christ should be present in your life. These seven marks may not be all the marks of a fully trained disciple, however all seven marks are evident in Jesus’s life, evident in the disciples’ lives, and evident in the life of the Church. Not one time in the past 2000 years has being a disciple not included these seven marks of Christ’s life. That should give you the motivation to want those marks present in your life.
What does your “PCR” report indicate about your life as a “Fully Trained” disciple?
Love God, Love People, Live Sent!
Be Worth Being,
Kevin
Kevin Burrell has worked in professional baseball as both a player and MLB scout for the past 43 years, and currently serves as an area scouting supervisor. Kevin was drafted in the 1st round of the 1981 free agent amateur draft (25th selection overall), and played ten years of professional baseball with four different organizations. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Sharpsburg, Ga.