Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-416

  Meisel, Zachary F ^a,b,e   Hargarten, Stephen ^c   Vernick, Jon ^d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Emergency medical services; Haddon phase factor matrix; Injury control; Injury prevention; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CONTROL STRATEGY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 54049115890     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802290851     Document Type: Review

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