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Communication errors in dispatch of air medical transport.

December 8, 2010

Vilensky D, MacDonald RD. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011;15(1):39-43.

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This study analyzed communication errors during call bookings for air medical transport and found both human and process-driven root causes. Examples of major errors identified were commissions of allergies to medications and omissions of intubations from records.

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