Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in EMS: Formulating Research Questions and Selecting Outcomes

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 149-156

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Higgins, J Stephen ^b   Lang, Eddy S ^c   Runyon, Michael S ^d   Barger, Laura K ^e   Studnek, Jonathan R ^f   Moore, Charity G ^g   Robinson, Kathy ^h   Gainor, Dia ^h   Infinger, Allison ^f   Weiss, Patricia M ⁱ   Sequeira, Denisse J ^a   Martin Gill, Christian ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Carolinas Health Care System   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Mecklenburg EMS Agency   (United States)

^g LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h National Association of State EMS Officials   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based guidelines; fatigue; PICO questions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84995603665     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1241329     Document Type: Article

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