Open AccessPotentially Severe Incidents During Interhospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients, Frequently Occurring But Rarely Reported: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Helge Eiding,
Olav Røise,
Ulf E. Kongsgaard
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1549-8425
pISSN - 1549-8417
DOI - 10.1097/pts.0000000000000769
Subject(s) - critically ill , medicine , medical emergency , near miss , incident report , patient safety , emergency medicine , medline , quality (philosophy) , intensive care medicine , health care , computer security , computer science , philosophy , forensic engineering , epistemology , law , political science , engineering , economics , economic growth
The out-of-hospital environment can pose significant challenges to the quality and safety of interhospital transport of critically ill patients. Because we lack knowledge of the occurrence of incidents, their potential consequences, and whether they are actually reported, this study was initiated.