Geelong Hospital Emergency Department, Barwon Health, Victoria, Australia.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 Nov-Dec;25(6):515-20. doi: 10.1017/s1049023x00008694.
Incident monitoring has been shown to improve patient care and has been adopted widely in the hospital care setting. There are limited data on incident monitoring in the prehospital setting.
A high-yield, systems-oriented, incident monitoring process can be implemented successfully in a prehospital setting.
This prospective, descriptive study outlines the implementation of an incident monitoring process in a regional prehospital setting. Both trauma care and non-trauma care were monitored by a system of anonymous reporting and chart review with debriefing for trauma cases that met major trauma criteria. A committee reviewed all identified cases and coded and logged all incidents and provider recommendations.
There were 454 incidents identified from 230 cases (mean=2.0; 95% CI 1.8-2.1 per case). Anonymous reporting resulted in the identification of 113 incidents from 69 cases (1.6l per case 95% CI=1.4-1.9 per case) Major trauma cases generated 266 incidents from 134 cases (mean=2.0; 95% CI=1.8-2.2 per case), and there were 74 incidents from 26 combined cases (mean=2.9; 95% CI=2.2-3.5 per case). One incident was uncategorized. There were 315 (69.4%) incidents categorized as management problems and 123 (27.1%) were system problems. Prolonged scene time was the most common incident in both management and system categories; 56 (17.8%) and 18 (14.6%) respectively. Mitigating circumstances were found in 111 (24.4%) incidents. The most common incident-related patient outcome was none/near miss (127 (28%)). Incident monitoring most commonly led to generalized feedback (105 (23.1%)) or specific trend analysis (140 (30.8%)). Reports to higher or external bodies occurred in 18 incidents (4.0%).
The project has been implemented successfully in a regional prehospital settling. The methodology, utilizing a number of incident detection techniques, results in a high yield of incidents over a broad range of error types. The large proportion of "near miss" type incidents allows for incident assessment without demonstrable patient harm. Many incidents were mitigated and the majority represented management-type issues.
事件监测已被证明可以改善患者护理,并已在医院护理环境中广泛采用。在院前环境中,关于事件监测的数据有限。
在院前环境中,可以成功实施一种高产量、面向系统的事件监测过程。
本前瞻性描述性研究概述了在区域院前环境中实施事件监测过程。通过对符合重大创伤标准的创伤病例进行匿名报告和图表审查,并对创伤病例进行汇报来监测创伤和非创伤护理。一个委员会审查了所有确定的病例,并对所有事件和提供者建议进行编码和记录。
从 230 例病例中发现了 454 起事件(平均每例 2.0;95%置信区间 1.8-2.1 例)。匿名报告从 69 例病例中发现了 113 起事件(平均每例 1.61 例,95%置信区间为 1.4-1.9 例)。重大创伤病例从 134 例病例中产生了 266 起事件(平均每例 2.0;95%置信区间为 1.8-2.2 例),26 例联合病例中有 74 例(平均每例 2.9 例,95%置信区间为 2.2-3.5 例)。有 1 起事件未分类。315 起(69.4%)事件被归类为管理问题,123 起(27.1%)为系统问题。现场时间延长是管理和系统类别中最常见的事件;分别为 56(17.8%)和 18(14.6%)。在 111 起(24.4%)事件中发现了缓解情况。与事件相关的患者结果最常见的是无/近错过(127(28%))。事件监测最常见的结果是一般性反馈(105(23.1%))或特定趋势分析(140(30.8%))。向更高或外部机构报告的情况发生在 18 起事件中(4.0%)。
该项目已在区域院前环境中成功实施。该方法利用了多种事件检测技术,在广泛的错误类型范围内产生了高比例的事件。大量的“近错过”类型的事件允许在没有明显患者伤害的情况下进行事件评估。许多事件得到了缓解,大多数是管理类型的问题。