Assessing clinical handover between paramedics and the trauma team

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 460-464

  Evans, Sue M ^a   Murray, Angela ^a   Patrick, Ian ^b   Fitzgerald, Mark ^c,d   Smith, Sue ^a   Andrianopoulos, Nick ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handoff; Handover; Information loss; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT TRANSFER; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77950296394     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.07.065     Document Type: Article

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