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Measuring Agreement Among Prehospital Providers and Physicians in Patient Capacity Determination

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If a patient wishes to refuse treatment in the prehospital setting, prehospital providers and consulting emergency physicians must establish that the patient possesses the capacity to do so. The objective… Click to show full abstract

If a patient wishes to refuse treatment in the prehospital setting, prehospital providers and consulting emergency physicians must establish that the patient possesses the capacity to do so. The objective of this study is to assess agreement among prehospital providers and emergency physicians in performing patient capacity assessments.

Keywords: capacity; among prehospital; patient capacity; agreement among; prehospital providers

Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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