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Safety events in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Hansen M, Eriksson C, Skarica B, et al. Safety events in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med. 2018;36(3):380-383. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2017.08.028.

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September 13, 2017
Hansen M, Eriksson C, Skarica B, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2018;36(3):380-383.
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Adverse events in prehospital care are an increasing area of focus in patient safety. In this retrospective study, researchers examined the medical records of 35 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests among children younger than 18 transported by a single emergency medical services system. They identified a safety issue in 87% of cases and, similar to prior research, they found that medication errors were common.

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Hansen M, Eriksson C, Skarica B, et al. Safety events in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med. 2018;36(3):380-383. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2017.08.028.

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