Patient safety in emergency medical services: Executive summary and recommendations from the niagara summit

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Bigham, Blair L ^a   Bull, Ellen ^b   Morrison, Merideth ^c   Burgess, Rob ^d   Maher, Janet ^b   Brooks, Steven C ^a,e,f   orrison, Laurie J ^a,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTENNIAL COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c Simcoe County Paramedic Services ^*  (Canada)

^d Sunnybrook Osler Centre For Prehospital Care   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Emergency medical services; Paramedicine; Patient safety; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SALARY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ONTARIO; PATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958777439     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.100232     Document Type: Article

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