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Bezpieczeństwo pacjenta w świetle systemu „Państwowe Ratownictwo Medyczne”
Patient safety in Emergency Medical Services

Author(s): Magdalena Żurowska-Wolak, Katarzyna Barczentewicz, Jakub Grochowski
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: paramedic; prehospital care; emergency medical unit

Summary/Abstract: The idea of creating a modern Emergency Medical Service system in Poland started in 1990s, following other Western European countries. Material and methods: The aim of the study was to compare patient safety in prehospital care in Poland and the UK and emergency medical systems in Cracow, Małopolska and London. 2014 data was taken from Wojewódzki Plan działania systemu Państwowego Ratownictwa Medycznego dla Województwa Małopolskiego and the Annual Reports of the London Ambulance Service.

  • Issue Year: XV/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 79-91
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish