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  1. Heike Geduld,
  2. Jonathan Wyatt

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2011.113746

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    Poor note keeping is a significant hazard for emergency practitioners, in terms of patient safety and medicolegal risk. Ensuring that adequate records are maintained is particularly important in the ED for activities which obviously carry risks to the patient (eg, procedural sedation). A study published in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine (2011;18:13–18) evaluated the effect of two interventions: an ED educational program and optional use of preprinted standardised forms (which included the unit's procedural sedation guidelines). The standardised forms enabled appropriate documentation, but uptake of the preprinted forms was only 39%. The solution to keeping good records appears to remain elusive.

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