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COMMENTARY

Discharge Fumbles.

Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

XL or Smaller?

Kozer E. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

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Bloody BP Cuff.

Madan AK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

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Missed Appendicitis.

Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

COMMENTARY

Triage Time Bomb.

Washington DL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

The Dropped Lung.

Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Transfusion "Slip".

Kaplan HS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in EMS.

Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.

TOOLKIT

Door-to-Doc Patient Safety Toolkit.

Phoenix, AZ: Banner Health; 2007.

STUDY

Incidence and impact of physician and nurse disruptive behaviors in the emergency department.

Rosenstein AH, Naylor B. J Emerg Med. 2012;43:139-148.

STUDY

Teamwork errors in trauma resuscitation.

Sarcevic A, Marsic I, Burd RS. ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact. 2012;19:13:1-13:30.

STUDY

Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

Brixey JJ, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:235-241.

BOOK/REPORT

Coordination Between Emergency and Primary Care Physicians.

Carrier E, Yee T, Holtzwart RA. Washington, DC: National Institute for Health Care Reform; 2011.

COMMENTARY

Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?

Eytan T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

STUDY

What whiteboards in a trauma center operating suite can teach us about emergency department communication.

Xiao Y, Schenkel S, Faraj S, Mackenzie CF, Moss J. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50:387-95.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ding-a-ling-a-ling: ambulances can be dangerous places.

Meisel Z. Slate. November 8, 2005.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Vertigo.

Furman JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

COMMENTARY

For whom the Bell Commission tolls: unintended effects of limiting residents' hours.

Millard WB. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54:A25-A29.

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