Absence of evidence-based and person-centred guidelines in the Swedish Emergency Medical Services – a patient safety issue?

The rationale behind this contemporary issues paper is that the Swedish Emergency Medical Services ’ (EMS) quality measures and new ways of organising assessment and patient care pathways are have the potential to create a high risk of negatively affecting important aspects of patient safety. An example is the implementation of new medical guidelines before research and especially the fact that the patient perspective is not mentioned at all. The latter is highly problematic as the relationship between the patient and the care giver forms the basis of all care.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - February 11, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Jakob Lederman, Anders Svensson, Andreas Rantala Tags: Contemporary issues Source Type: research