Errors of omission in the treatment of prehospital chest pain patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-7

  Rittenberger, Jon C ^a,b   Beck, Paul W ^a   Paris, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; EMS; Errors; Prehospital; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 23244436430     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891688     Document Type: Review

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