Iatrogenic emergency medicine procedure complications and associated trouble-shooting strategies.

Rami A AhmedPatrick G HughesAmbrose H WongKaley M GrayDerek BallasAhmad KhobraniRobert D SelleyColleen McQuown

Published in: International journal of health care quality assurance (2019)

Emergent procedures performed in the ED present a higher risk for iatrogenic injury than in more controlled settings. Many physicians are taught error-avoidance rather than how to handle errors when learning procedures. There is currently very limited literature on the error management of iatrogenic procedure complications in the ED.

Keyphrases

emergency medicine
emergency department
minimally invasive
risk factors
primary care
systematic review
patient safety
adverse drug