Prevalence, severity and preventability of prehospital patient safety incidents

Pennington, Elspeth, Price, Jon, Bell, Steve and Hill, James Edward orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-1430-6927 (2022) Prevalence, severity and preventability of prehospital patient safety incidents. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 14 (7). ISSN 1759-1376

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2022.14.7.298

Abstract

The provision of safe and effective healthcare is a mainstay for all services and clinicians associated with the delivery of prehospital care; however, little is empirically known about the prevalence and impact of harm caused in the prehospital phase. This commentary critically appraises a recent systematic review which sought to identify the frequency of patient safety incidents and the harm associated with them in prehospital care.


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