Lack of emergency medical services documentation is associated with poor patient outcomes: a validation of audit filters for prehospital trauma care.

Dann J. Laudermilch; Melissa A. Schiff; Avery B. Nathens; Matthew R. Rosengart

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Lack of emergency medical services documentation is associated with poor patient outcomes: a validation of audit filters for prehospital trauma care.

March 24, 2010

Laudermilch DJ, Schiff MA, Nathens AB, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;210(2):220-7.

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In this study of trauma patients, failure of emergency medical technicians to document vital signs was associated with increased mortality.

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