Root causes of errors in a simulated prehospital pediatric emergency

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Lammers, Richard ^a   Byrwa, Maria ^a   Fales, William ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

AFFECTIVE ERROR; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BAG VALVE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE ERROR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOMETER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUN DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LATENT ERROR; MASK; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL HEALTH; OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PREHOSPITAL PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL ERROR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SIMULATION; SYRINGE; TEAMWORK; TEAMWORK ERROR;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856009336     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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