Incidents during out-of-hospital patient transportation

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-236

  Flabouris, A ^a   Runciman, W B ^b   Levings, B ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incident monitoring; Patient; Patient safety; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TEAMWORK;

EID: 33645785401     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400216     Document Type: Article

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