Analyzing communication errors in an air medical transport service.

Joseph D. Dalto; Charlene Weir; Frank Thomas

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Analyzing communication errors in an air medical transport service.

May 29, 2013

Dalto JD, Weir C, Thomas F. Air Med J. 2013;32(3):129-37.

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Although interhospital air transport is generally safe, this analysis of quality assurance reports found that most errors involved communication problems.

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