Electronic Prehospital Records are Often Unavailable for Emergency Department Medical Decision Making
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Electronic Prehospital Records are Often Unavailable for Emergency Department Medical Decision Making
INTRODUCTION To determine emergency physician (EP) opinions of prehospital patient care reports (PCRs) and whether such reports are available at the time of emergency department (ED) medical decision-making. METHODS Prospective, cross-sectional, electronic web-based survey of EPs regarding preferences and availability of prehospital PCRs at the time of ED medical decision-making. RESULTS We...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.1.12665