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Patient safety in emergency medical services: a systematic review of the literature.

Bigham BL, Buick JE, Brooks SC, Morrison M, Shojania KG, Morrison LJ. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:20-35.

This systematic review found that the literature base on patient safety issues in prehospital care is still quite small, limiting emergency medical services providers' ability to identify and address systematic problems in care.

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Review

Setting of Care

Patient Transport

Target Audience

Health Care Providers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Clinical Area

Emergency Medicine

Safety Target

Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

Diagnostic Errors

Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems

Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Approach to Improving Safety

Error Analysis