Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients

Abstract The transportation of mental health patients between facilities by emergency medical services personnel poses a unique risk to both patients and their providers. Increasingly, common injuries are occurring and difficulties are arising during this transition in care. Proximal causes exist th...

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Main Authors: Joshua Moskovitz, Joshua Sapadin, Michael Guttenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12012
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description Abstract The transportation of mental health patients between facilities by emergency medical services personnel poses a unique risk to both patients and their providers. Increasingly, common injuries are occurring and difficulties are arising during this transition in care. Proximal causes exist that could be addressed to help mitigate many of the complexities that occur during this shift in care. Patient safety, quality of care, and provider safety are all at risk if improvements are not made and problems not identified or rectified.
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spelling doaj-art-abb05dcb18ab485bb014459b47bb238e2025-08-20T01:59:52ZengElsevierJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open2688-11522020-06-011317318210.1002/emp2.12012Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patientsJoshua Moskovitz0Joshua Sapadin1Michael Guttenberg2Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx New York USAAlbert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx New York USAZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead New York USAAbstract The transportation of mental health patients between facilities by emergency medical services personnel poses a unique risk to both patients and their providers. Increasingly, common injuries are occurring and difficulties are arising during this transition in care. Proximal causes exist that could be addressed to help mitigate many of the complexities that occur during this shift in care. Patient safety, quality of care, and provider safety are all at risk if improvements are not made and problems not identified or rectified.https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12012ambulance transportationems transportinterfacility transportmental health patientspsychiatric patients
spellingShingle Joshua Moskovitz
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ems transport
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title Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
title_full Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
title_fullStr Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
title_full_unstemmed Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
title_short Interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
title_sort interfacility ambulance transport of mental health patients
topic ambulance transportation
ems transport
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mental health patients
psychiatric patients
url https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12012
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