HL7 Czech EMS Implementation Guide, published by HL7 Czech Republic. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.2 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7-cz/cz-ems/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Official URL: https://hl7.cz/fhir/cz-ems/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.cz.ems				Version: 0.0.2
Draft as of 2025-09-05				Computable Name: HL7CzEMSImplementationGuide

Introduction

This implementation specification is based on the FHIR version R4, and defines a unified framework for representing the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Record of Intervention (ZOV ZZS) in the Czech national context. The specification defines the content and structural components of the document and ensures their compliance with the legal requirements of the Czech Republic as well as with European initiatives in the field of electronic health record interoperability.

The main objective is to create a standardized form of the EMS Record of Intervention as part of the patient’s medical documentation, which will be used for the electronic exchange of health information between healthcare providers, the patient, and the national infrastructure. The specification covers both national scenarios and potential future cross-border exchange within the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

This document focuses exclusively on defining the content, structure, and data model of the EMS Record of Intervention. The technical aspects of document transmission and the procedural workflows of EMS crews are not within its scope and are addressed in related standards and methodological guidelines.

Scope

This guide is divided into several pages, which are listed in the menu bar at the top of each page.

• Home: This page provides introductory information, a brief scope of use, references, dependencies, version difference analysis, and intellectual property statements.
• Introduction:
  • Scope and Content: This section contains introductory general information about the EMS Record of Intervention.
  • Background: This section provides general information on the origins of the definition of the EMS Record of Intervention.
• Functional:
  • Use Cases: This section contains information about use cases.
  • Workflow: This section contains information about the workflow.
  • Logical Models: This section contains information about logical models.
  • Terminology Aspects: This section contains information about terminology.
• Implementation:
  • Logical Model Mapping: This section contains information on mapping the logical model to the EMS Record of Intervention profiles.
  • Examples: This section contains examples.
  • Obligations: This section outlines the obligations.
  • Implementation Notes: This section contains implementation guidance.
• About:
  • Authors: This section contains information about the authors.
  • Downloads: This section provides information about available downloads of the implementation specification.
  • Dependencies: This section provides information about dependencies.
  • Copyright: This section provides information about copyright.
• Artifacts: This page provides a list of FHIR artifacts defined as part of this implementation guide.

References

• Related specifications:
  • EHDS Logical Information Models
    • This specification has inspired many of the design patterns defined in this IG.
  • HL7 Czech Base and Core Implementation Guide
    • Where possible this specification has been aligned with choices made in CZ core.

Dependencies

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.ips#1.1.0 International Patient Summary (IPS) FHIR Implementation Guide (built Tue, Nov 22, 2022 03:24+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.extensions.r4#0.1.1-ballot This guide lists the extensions speciifed for the European REALM. (built Wed, Apr 30, 2025 13:56+0200+02:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.base#0.1.0-ballot This guide collects base and core profiles to be used in the European context. It also includes common artifacts, such as the profiles describing the European Health Insurance Card. (built Mon, May 5, 2025 21:42+0200+02:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.terminology#current HL7 Czech Terminology Implementation Guide (built Tue, Aug 19, 2025 07:53+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.core#current HL7 Czech Base and Core Resources Implementation Guide (built Fri, Aug 15, 2025 12:06+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.extensions#0.1.1-ballot This guide lists the extensions speciifed for the European REALM. (built Wed, Apr 30, 2025 13:56+0200+02:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.laboratory#0.1.1 This guide describes how the Laboratory Report can be represented in the European REALM. (built Tue, Mar 25, 2025 12:00+0100+01:00)

Package ihe.pharm.mpd.r4#1.0.0-comment-2 ImplementationGuide for IHE Pharmacy Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD) profile (built Tue, May 27, 2025 16:32+0200+02:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.hdr#0.1.0-ballot This implementation guide specifies the Hospital Discharge Report in the European context, as defined in eHN Hospital Discharge Report guidelines. (built Tue, Jun 3, 2025 12:48+0200+02:00)

Package ihe.pharm.mpd#1.0.0-comment-2 ImplementationGuide for IHE Pharmacy Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD) profile (built Tue, May 27, 2025 16:32+0200+02:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.extensions#current This guide lists the extensions speciifed for the European REALM. (built Fri, Aug 8, 2025 10:20+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.base#current This guide collects base and core profiles to be used in the European context. It also includes common artifacts, such as the profiles describing the European Health Insurance Card. (built Wed, Sep 3, 2025 12:59+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.eu.laboratory#current This guide describes how the Laboratory Report can be represented in the European REALM. (built Wed, Jul 2, 2025 14:40+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.lab#current Czech Laboratory Implementation Guide (built Fri, Aug 22, 2025 10:27+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.img-order#current HL7 Czech Imaging Order Implementation Guide (built Thu, Aug 28, 2025 08:45+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.img#current Czech Imaging Report Implementation Guide (built Thu, Aug 28, 2025 08:39+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.cz.hdr#current This guide contains implementation specification for the HL7 Czech Hospital Discharge Report (built Sat, Aug 23, 2025 06:14+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#0.7.1 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Sat, Jul 26, 2025 06:59+1000+10:00)

Cross Version Analysis

This is an R4 IG. None of the features it uses are changed in R4B, so it can be used as is with R4B} systems. Packages for both R4 (hl7.fhir.cz.ems.r4) and R4B (hl7.fhir.cz.ems.r4b) are available.

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  • providerRole: CZImmunizationEMS
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  • ISO 3166-1 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country code: A.2.1 ClinicalCourseAndRecommendations2FHIRcz, A.2.1 DispatchDataEMS2FHIRcz... Show 74 more, A.2.2 DispatchTimeline2FHIRcz, A.2.6 ObjectiveFindingsEMS2FHIR2FHIRcz, Alerts2FHIRcz, AttachmentEMS2FHIRcz, Bundle/cz-example-bundle, CZEncounterEMS, CZImmunizationEMS, CZ_AllergyIntoleranceEms, CZ_BundleEms, CZ_CareTeamEms, CZ_CommunicationEms, CZ_CompositionEms, CZ_ConditionEms, CZ_FlagEms, CZ_ImmunizationRecommendationEMS, CZ_LocationEms, CZ_MedicationAdministration, CZ_ObservationBMIEms, CZ_ObservationHeightEms, CZ_ObservationHeightTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationInfectiousContactEMS, CZ_ObservationOFTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationOtherOFEms, CZ_ObservationOxygenEms, CZ_ObservationSDOHEMS, CZ_ObservationUnitsHeightEmsVs, CZ_ObservationUnitsWeightEmsVs, CZ_ObservationVSTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationVitalSignsEms, CZ_ObservationWeightEms, CZ_ObservationWeightTypeEmsVs, CZ_ProcedureEms, CZ_TaskEms, CZ_VehicleLocationEms, ConditionEmsVS, CzEmsCallerContact, CzEmsUrgencyLevel, DiagnosticSummary2FHIRCzEms, Fakultní nemocnice Motol, HL7CzEMSImplementationGuide, LogCzAlertsCz, LogCzAttachmentsCz, LogCzAttachmentsEmsCz, LogCzDiagnosticSummaryCz, LogCzDispatchDataCz, LogCzDispatchTimelineCz, LogCzEmsReportCz, LogCzEndOfCareCz, LogCzHeaderEmsCz, LogCzObjectiveFindingsEmsCz, LogCzPatientHistoryCz, LogCzPresentedFormCz, LogCzPresentingIllnessEmsCz, LogCzRecommendationsCz, LogCzTherapyEmsCz, LogEnAlertsCz, LogEnAttachmentsCz, LogEnAttachmentsEMSCz, LogEnDiagnosticSummary, LogEnDispatchDataCz, LogEnDispatchTimelineCz, LogEnEmsReportCz, LogEnEndOfCare, LogEnHeaderEmsCz, LogEnObjectiveFindingsEmsCz, LogEnPatientHistoryCz, LogEnPresentedFormCz, LogEnPresentingIllnessEmsCz, LogEnRecommendations, LogEnTherapyEmsCz, Patient/3b46c18c-7e07-4232-af3e-f710dec8e766, PatientHistory2FHIRCzEms, PresentingIllness2FHIRcz and Therapy2FHIRcz
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  • Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM): CZ_ObservationHeightEms, CZ_ObservationUnitsHeightEmsVs... Show 5 more, CZ_ObservationUnitsWeightEmsVs, CZ_ObservationWeightEms, Observation/ExampleBMIEms, Observation/ExampleBodyHeightEms and Observation/ExampleBodyWeightEms
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  • LOINC: Bundle/cz-example-bundle, CZ_CompositionEms, CZ_ImmunizationRecommendationEMS and Composition/da3f987f-2a08-431a-92e3-129d7689e465
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  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®): CZ_ConditionEms, CZ_ObservationBMIEms... Show 14 more, CZ_ObservationHeightEms, CZ_ObservationHeightTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationOFTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationOtherOFEms, CZ_ObservationOxygenEms, CZ_ObservationVSTypeEmsVs, CZ_ObservationVitalSignsEms, CZ_ObservationWeightEms, CZ_ObservationWeightTypeEmsVs, CZ_ProcedureEms, ConditionEmsVS, Observation/ExampleBMIEms, Observation/ExampleBodyHeightEms and Observation/ExampleBodyWeightEms
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  • Condition Clinical Status Codes: CZ_ConditionEms
  • ConditionVerificationStatus: CZ_ConditionEms
  • Location type: CZ_VehicleLocationEms
  • Observation Category Codes: CZ_ObservationSDOHEMS, CZ_ObservationVitalSignsEms, Observation/ExampleBMIEms, Observation/ExampleBodyHeightEms and Observation/ExampleBodyWeightEms
  • ActCode: Bundle/cz-example-bundle and Encounter/cd343afa-039d-4576-b5e4-e89598aeb628
  • ParticipationType: CZ_ObservationInfectiousContactEMS