When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Criteria Mapping, a recently developed chart review method, was tested for its ability to assess the quality of symptom investigation and ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

Background: Most Canadian emergency departments use an unstructured, individualized approach to patients with chest pain, without data to support the safety and efficiency of this practice. We sought ...