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A review of prehospital care litigation in a large metropolitan EMS system by Richard J Goldberg; John L Zautcke; Max D Koenigsberg; Ron W Lee; Frank W Nagorka; Mark Kling; Sharon A Ward is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A review of prehospital care litigation in a large metropolitan EMS system about?
A retrospective review of all claims brought against a large, metropolitan emergency medical services (EMS) system related to paramedic-pGtient encounters during the 12-year period from 1976 through 1987 was undertaken to reviev~ and describe the incidence and types of malpractice claims. During this period, EMS units responded to approximately 2 million calls and transported more than 1 million patients. Sixty claims occurred during the incidence study period (/976 through 1985). The overall litigation rate was one lawsuit per 27,371 paramedic-patient encounters and one lawsuit per •7,995 patient transports. While the total number of runs and transports did not change significantly during the study period, the data indicate a trend of increasing claims filed against the prehospital care provider. To date, 26 cases (38%) have been settled with the majority involving either no monetary awards or nominal out-of-court settlements.
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- Author
- Richard J Goldberg; John L Zautcke; Max D Koenigsberg; Ron W Lee; Frank W Nagorka; Mark Kling; Sharon A Ward
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)