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See Latest ArticlesHospital-related incidents; causes and its impact on disaster preparedness and prehospital organisations
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 06/08/09
Khorram-Manesh A et al. - Besides emergency department overcrowdings, ambulance diversions, endangering patient's safety and increasing risk for in-hospital mortality, hospital-related incidents reduces and limits the regional preparedness by minimizing the surge capacity. In order to prevent a future irreversible disaster, this problem should be avoided and addressed properly by further regional studies.
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