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. 2013 Jun 22;21:46. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-46

Table 4.

What works for whom, how and under which circumstances

 
What works
– Guidelines with a degree of force
– Guidelines which are connected to patient notes
– Guidelines in a format adjusted for use outside the ambulance
– Guidelines in a format where it is easy to look up information
– Guidelines with a degree of flexibility
– Systems which collect all the information in one place
– Implementation strategy based on education, simulation and interactive activities
– Development of guidelines involving people with context knowledge
For whom
– Both experienced and inexperienced ambulance personnel
– The team, who can work on a common strategy
– The patients, who are treated more equally
How
– The guidelines are mostly used implicitly because of the format
– Protocols with some form of checklist or algorithm are used more explicitly
Under which circumstances
– On route to the patient as preparation
– Outside the ambulance to check medical doses
  – In the ambulance during transport to triage the patient
  – When the patient is part of a pathway