Documentation of decision-making during air transport

Cheryl Strong; Cheryl Bagley Thompson

doi:10.1067/mmj.2000.108560

Documentation of decision-making during air transport

Cheryl Strong, Cheryl Bagley Thompson

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Introduction: Decision-making is an integral part of quality patient care. The aim of this study was to evaluate decision-making documentation. Methods: A retrospective descriptive design was used to examine the documentation for a convenience sample of 48 trauma patients transported by rotor-wing aircraft. Results: A total of 1012 decisions were documented in the 48 records. The decisions were grouped into major conceptual problems. An average of 10.2 ± 4.56 conceptual problems were identified in each record. The top 10 conceptual problems were evaluated. Adequate documentation was found to support all decision-making related to the top 10 problems. Conclusion: Although air medical personnel may not directly document statements of rationale for their decision-making, sufficient data were present in the records to support each documented decision.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-82
Number of pages	6
Journal	Air medical journal
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mmj.2000.108560
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Air transport
Decision-making
Documentation
Nursing informatics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Emergency Medicine
Emergency

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