Variation in emergency medical services workplace safety culture.

P. Daniel Patterson; David T. Huang; Rollin J. Fairbanks; Scott Simeone; Matthew D. Weaver; Henry E. Wang

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Variation in emergency medical services workplace safety culture.

November 10, 2010

Patterson PD, Huang DT, Fairbanks RJ, et al. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2010;14(4).

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This survey found that the perception of safety culture varied widely among prehospital emergency medical service agencies, with air medical emergency services tending to report slightly more positive views on safety.

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