Clinical reasoning in the emergency medical services: an integrative review.

ABSTRACT: Clinical reasoning is the process of gathering and understanding information conducted by clinicians in the emergency medical services (EMS) so as to make informed decisions. Research on clinical reasoning spans several disciplines, but a comprehensive view of the process is lacking. To our knowledge, no review of clinical reasoning in the EMS has been conducted.

Aim

The aim was to investigate the nature, deployment, and factors influencing EMS clinicians' clinical reasoning by means of a review.

Method

Data was collected through searches in electronic databases, networking among research teams, colleagues and friends, "grey literature," and through ancestry searches. A total of 38 articles were deemed eligible for inclusion and were analyzed using descriptive thematic analys

SUBMITTER: Andersson U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700770 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature