Structured communication for patient safety in emergency medical services: A legal case report

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-348

  Greenwood, Mark J ^a   Heninger, Jacob R ^b  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulance safety; Communication; Critical assertion strategy; Emergency medical services; Liability; Medical error; Patient transfer; Read back

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMBULANCES; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953013938     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903121003760788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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