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Center for Patient Safety

Topics to move EMS Safety Forward

The Center for Patient Safety is the expert in EMS patient safety, dedicated to providing timely solutions and resources to improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare delivery. Established in 2005, CPS is an independent, not-for-profit organization that envisions a healthcare environment safe for all patients and healthcare providers, in all process all the time.

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Patient Safety
10 topics that will move EMSFORWARD in 2017
The selected topics came from the analysis which showed culture to be either a direct casual factor or contributory factor that led to safety events
March 13, 2017 10:32 AM
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Why EMS providers need to know causes of behavioral emergencies
Understanding the underlying cause of a patient’s behavioral changes is necessary to assure accurate treatment is started
December 20, 2016 09:47 AM
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Patient Safety
Why every EMS agency needs a stronger safety culture
A strong patient safety culture has the greatest impact on reducing adverse incidents and harm to patients
November 15, 2016 03:39 PM
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Why EMS providers are at risk of becoming a second victim
EMS providers face near-constant stress and tragedy which the profession can no longer ignore
October 18, 2016 10:51 AM
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Why airway management is important to patient safety
Because every patient is different, EMS providers must have a range of airway skills and a strong degree of experience
September 21, 2016 10:05 AM
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How to reduce harm from ambulance and helicopter crashes
Every ground ambulance and helicopter crash has different causal factors, but we must look at system design and safety behaviors to prevent further crashes
August 16, 2016 07:45 PM
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How mobile integrated health is evolving to meet a patient need
Patient safety methods and lessons learned need to be applied to the evolving subspecialty of community paramedicine
July 20, 2016 06:52 PM
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Education
Prevent EMS medication errors with checklists and job aids
Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors
June 14, 2016 01:10 PM
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EMS Training and Education
Why patient hand-offs are important to successful care
Standardizing the transition of care helps improve patient safety and ensure the patient’s care is smooth and no information is lost
May 16, 2016 11:03 AM
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How medical device failures cause patient injuries
Improperly used or maintained patient care and devices can cause harm to patients and providers
April 19, 2016 11:38 AM
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