Measuring adverse events in helicopter emergency medical services: Establishing content validity

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Lave, Judith R ^b   Martin Gill, Christian ^a   Weaver, Matthew D ^a   Wadas, Richard J ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a   Roth, Ronald N ^a   Mosesso, Vincent N ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; EMS; Error; Measurement; Safety; Validity

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AIR AMBULANCES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84890525291     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.818179     Document Type: Article

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