05/22/2026
Sharing this again because the Patient Care Report (PCR) is vitally important and should always be reviewed carefully for accuracy and completeness. And despite misinformation being spread, it is NOT a HIPAA violation for a patient to obtain their own PCR report, or for the legal next of kin or authorized representative of a deceased patient to request it.
𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝:
A PCR is a 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, not a legal document that requires court or county attorney approval. Patients or 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 from the EMS agency.
In Davidson County, you must go 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 to the EMS office at:
935 North Main Street, Lexington, North Carolina
to request your PCR.
PCRs are intended to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. However, in Colton’s case, the PCR raised serious concerns—records did not match, timelines were unclear, and key details did not make sense.
A PCR 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫, and 𝐄𝐊𝐆 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞.
Colton was pronounced deceased with no call to medical control and no EKG strips. This is why 𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 for real accountability and transparency.
