Frequency, Type, and Degree of Potential Harm of Adverse Safety Events among Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Encounters

• 2024

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• Mark Cicero; Janette Baird; Linda Brown; Marc Auerbach; Kathleen Adelgais
PMID: 37698357DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2023.2257775

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This article describes how often safety problems happen when children get emergency medical care, what types of problems occur, and how serious they are. The study looks at real cases to find out if kids were harmed or could have been harmed during ambulance rides. It shows that mistakes can happen in many ways, like giving the wrong medicine or not following procedures correctly. The goal is to help make emergency care safer for children by understanding these risks better and finding ways to prevent them in the future.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Ambulances; Child; Colorado; Connecticut; Emergency Medical Services; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Pediatrics; Rhode Island; Adolescent; Medical Errors; Harm Reduction; Risk Assessment; Patient Safety

Institutions: Yale School of Medicine; Brown University; University of Colorado

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