Research project RQ:
What factors do emergency ambulance crews report as contributing to errors in the administration of adrenaline to adults in life-threatening asthma and anaphylaxis?
I'm thinking national, prospective, qualitative, getting participants from Datix reports - will ask trusts to send details of my study inc PIS to people reporting errors and involved with it. I plan to phone them and conduct a phone interview. I imagine the uptake rate will be very low though. The Ambulance Pharmacists Network have said they will support me and I imagine that trusts will be supportive too.
PhD:
What ambulance trusts do with what they find out about meds errors - how they collate information and share between trusts, how this currently and might lead to a change in practice - might also compare to somewhere that has a good culture of change from meds errors - maybe a hospital.
Any advice/thoughts/comments/funding recommendations gratefully received - hopefully I have the format right for this sort of forum - first time I've used it!
Thanks, Sam
Hi Nicholas, thanks for your reply. I teach about meds and also EBP at uni. I'm also a member of the medicines management group of an ambulance trust. EBP in itself is great, so finding a better way to do it but practice doesn't change so quickly/easily. I'm always fascinated by how changes to meds are implemented in ambulance trusts - that is both for improvement and in response to errors - it tends to be a generic bulletin that is put out - ambulance clinicians work in a unique environment - they are on their own a lot and working in sub-optimal conditions eg lighting, temperature, things at the wrong height, other people get involved etc. There needs to be a better plan for changing practice which is what I'm hoping to find out - the context of the implementation plan. It is logical for all stakeholders, but especially patients. I hope that answers your questions.
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