European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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In the present study, we aimed to determine the effects of a system-wide approach from the community to the hospital in improving the neurologic outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients within Sungbuk in Korea. ⋯ The system-wide CPR program was associated with enhancements in CPR performance at both the prehospital and the hospital level, and yielded improved neurologic outcomes in OHCA patients in a small region.
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The aim of this study was to determine if emergency medicine specific triggers for completing an incident form could be agreed and if a common definition for contributory factors could be achieved. Such definitions could be used to improve safety within the emergency department (ED) and share learning across the specialty. ⋯ The process demonstrated agreement amongst emergency physicians in the UK and Ireland on the type of events that should be formally reported. The lists emerging from this process should not be viewed as exhaustive; rather they should be used to encourage the reporting of incidents and designing safer systems and processes within the ED.