• Der Anaesthesist · Apr 1994

    [Documentation in the rescue service. A basis for research and quality assurance].

    • H P Moecke and H N Herden.
    • Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin des AK Altona, Hamburg.
    • Anaesthesist. 1994 Apr 1; 43 (4): 257-61.

    AbstractDocumentation of physician-staffed ambulance runs traditionally focuses on information transfer between the prehospital care provider and the receiving hospital. To use this information as a tool for research and quality assurance programs, the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care Medicine developed in a consensus process a protocol for nationwide use. Protocol development was based on the question of what information can be obtained reliably in the emergency medical service (EMS) environment and what questions should be answered by data analysis. The protocol content was evaluated in several pilot studies and focuses on incidents and interventions that occur with reasonable frequency. It was taken into account that due to this approach, not all information that can possibly be obtained during the ambulance run can be documented. For data collection, the concepts of manual processing versus optical scanning are evaluated. The data analysis can serve as a basic tool for screening structure and process quality of EMS systems on a local as well as a nationwide level. During this process, areas for improvement as well as for clinical research are identified.

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