Effect of a Mobile App on Prehospital Medication Errors During Simulated Pediatric Resuscitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm, affecting millions of people worldwide each year. Children are particularly susceptible to medication errors, but innovative interventions for the prevention of these errors in prehospital emergency care are lacking.

Objective

To assess the efficacy of an evidence-based mobile app in reducing the occurrence of medication errors compared with conventional preparation methods during simulated pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide, open-label, multicenter, randomized clinical trial was conducted at 14 emergency medical services centers in Switzerland from September 3, 2019, to January 21, 2020. The participants were 150 advanced p

SUBMITTER: Siebert JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406083 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature