Application of the emergency medical services trigger tool to measure adverse events in prehospital emergency care: a time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency Care has previously been identified as an area of significant concern regarding the prevalence of Adverse Events (AEs). However, the majority of this focus has been on the in-hospital setting, with little understanding of the identification and incidence of AEs in the prehospital environment.

Method

The early development and testing of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) specific triggers for the identification of AEs and Harm has been previously described. To operationalise the Emergency Medical Services Trigger Tool (EMSTT), the processes developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for use with the Global Trigger Tool were adapted to a prehospital emergency care setting. These were then applied using a stepwise approach to the analysis of 36 con

SUBMITTER: Howard I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258398 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature