Fallible medicine: responding to errors in emergency care.

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Fallible medicine: responding to errors in emergency care.

August 1, 2007

Whitehead S.

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The author, a paramedic, recounts his experience with an intubation error and discusses patient care errors within the broader context of human error, necessary fallibility, and quality assurance.

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