The feasibility, acceptability and preliminary testing of a novel, low-tech intervention to improve pre-hospital data recording for pre-alert and handover to the Emergency Department

The feasibility, acceptability and preliminary testing of a novel, low-tech intervention to improve pre-hospital data recording for pre-alert and handover to the Emergency Department

Abstract Background Poor communication during patient handover is recognised internationally as a root cause of a significant proportion of preventable deaths. Data used in handover is not always easily recorded using ambulance based tablets, particularly in time-critical cases. Paramedics have ther...

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Main Authors: David Fitzpatrick, Douglas Maxwell, Alan Craigie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Paramedic
Ambulance
Emergency department
Handover
Pre-alert
Intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-018-0168-3

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