Clinical handover of patients arriving by ambulance to a hospital emergency department: A qualitative study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 133-141

  Bost, Nerolie ^a   Crilly, Julia ^a   Patterson, Elizabeth ^b   Chaboyer, Wendy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Paramedic; Patient handover; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AMBULANCES; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; TRIAGE;

EID: 84862641673     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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