Decision making

Spotting the black swan: why emergency medicine is ahead of the curve
Damian Roland

Emergency Medicine Journal Dec 2017, 34 (12) 823-824; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2017-206820
The barriers associated with emergency medical service use for acute coronary syndrome: the awareness and influence of an Australian public mass media campaign
Susie Cartledge, Judith Finn, Lahn Straney, Phillip Ngu, Dion Stub, Harry Patsamanis, James Shaw, Janet Bray

Emergency Medicine Journal Jul 2017, 34 (7) 466-471; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206396
Experiential and rational decision making: a survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions
Lisa A Calder, Alan J Forster, Ian G Stiell, Laura K Carr, Jamie C Brehaut, Jeffrey J Perry, Christian Vaillancourt, Patrick Croskerry

Emergency Medicine Journal Oct 2012, 29 (10) 811-816; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200468

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