P Daniel Patterson, Judith R Lave, Christian Martin-Gill, Matthew D Weaver, Richard J Wadas, Robert M Arnold, Ronald N Roth, Vincent N Mosesso, Francis X Guyette, Jon C Rittenberger, Donald M Yealy
INTRODUCTION: We sought to create a valid framework for detecting adverse events (AEs) in the high-risk setting of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). METHODS: We assembled a panel of 10 expert clinicians (n = 6 emergency medicine physicians and n = 4 prehospital nurses and flight paramedics) affiliated with a large multistate HEMS organization in the Northeast US. We used a modified Delphi technique to develop a framework for detecting AEs associated with the treatment of critically ill or injured patients...
January 2014: Prehospital Emergency Care