Improved communication between ambulance personnel and supervising doctors. A quality improvement project in central Norway
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Introduction In our county, we have approx 25000 ambulance missions annually, including 7200 acute emergencies. Due to organisational changes in the whole country, the Ambulance Personnel (AP) are almost always first on the scene, and usually have to act alone. It is therefore imperative that we follow them up closely, providing support and continuous education. Herein we describe our latest quality improvement efforts in this regard.
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