Emergency Medical Services Provider Perceptions of the Nature of Adverse Events and Near-misses in Out-of-hospital Care: An Ethnographic View

Autor:	Kevin G. O’Gara, Rollin J. Fairbanks, Crista N. Crittenden, Nancy P. Chin, Manish N. Shah, Matthew A. Wilson, Elliot C. Pennington
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Descriptive statistics business.industry MEDLINE General Medicine Near miss medicine.disease Focus group Advanced life support Patient safety Family medicine Emergency Medicine Emergency medical services Medicine Medical emergency business Qualitative research
Zdroj:	Academic Emergency Medicine. 15:633-640
ISSN:	1069-6563
DOI:	10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00147.x
Popis:	Objectives: The objectives were to examine the perceptions of emergency medical services (EMS) providers regarding near-misses and adverse events in out-of-hospital care. Methods: This study uses qualitative methods (focus groups, interviews, event reporting) to examine the perceptions of EMS providers regarding near-misses and adverse events in out-of-hospital care. Results were reviewed by five researchers; analytic domains were assigned and emerging themes were identified. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Results: Fifteen in-depth interviews (73% advanced life support [ALS], 40% volunteer, and 87% male) resulted in 50 event descriptions. Eleven additional event reports were obtained from the anonymous reporting system. Of the 61 total events, 27 (44%) were near-misses and 34 (56%) were adverse events. Fourteen (23%) involved a child (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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