Patient safety in the pediatric emergency care setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1367-1375

  Krug, Steven E ^h   Bojko, Thomas ^h   Dolan, Margaret A ^h   Frush, Karen ^h   O'Malley, Patricia ^h   Sapien, Robert ^h   Shaw, Kathy N ^h   Shook, Joan ^h   Sirbaugh, Paul ^h   Yamamoto, Loren ^h   Ball, Jane ^a   Role, Susan Eads ^a   Brown, Kathleen ^b   Bullock, Kim ^c   Kavanaugh, Dan ^d   Turgel, Tina ^d   Mace, Sharon E ^e   Tuggle, David W ^f   Snow, Sally K ^g   Tellez, Susan ^h  

^a EMSC National Resource Center   (United States)

^b National Association of EMS Physicians   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^d Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^f AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^g Emergency Nurses Association   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Clinical quality; Culture of safety; Emergency medical services for children; Family centered care; Medication safety; Patient safety; Pediatric emergency care; Pediatric patient safety; Performance improvement; Quality improvement; Teamwork training

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; TEAMWORK;

CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY;

EID: 36849063114     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2902     Document Type: Review

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