Secure & Prepared, January 24, 2006, Vol.2, no.2

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Secure & Prepared, February 7, 2006, Vol.2, no.3

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Secure & Prepared, February 21, 2006, Vol.2, no.4

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Secure & Prepared, March 7, 2006, Vol.2, no.5

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Secure & Prepared, March 21, 2006, Vol.2, no.6

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Secure & Prepared, April 5, 2006, Vol.2, no.7

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Secure & Prepared, April 5, 2006, Vol.2, no.7

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Instrument for assessing the quality of mobile emergency pre-hospital care: content validation

OBJECTIVES To validate an instrument to assess quality of mobile emergency pre-hospital care. METHOD A methodological study where 20 professionals gave their opinions on the items of the proposed instrument. The analysis was performed using Kappa test (K) and Content Validity Index (CVI), considering K> 0.80 and CVI ≥ 0.80. RESULTS Three items were excluded from the instrument: Professional Compensation; Job Satisfaction and Services Performed. Items that obtained adequate K and CVI indexes and remained in the instrument were: ambulance conservation status; physical structure; comfort in the ambulance; availability of material resources; user/staff safety; continuous learning; safety demonstrated by the team; access; welcoming; humanization; response time; costumer privacy; guidelines on care; relationship between professionals and costumers; opportunity for costumers to make complaints and multiprofessional conjunction/actuation. CONCLUSION The instrument to assess quality of care has been validated and may contribute to the evaluation of pre-hospital care in mobile emergency services.

Secure & Prepared, April 21, 2006, Vol.2, no.8

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Secure & Prepared, May 9, 2006, Vol.2, no.9

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Secure & Prepared, May 23, 2006, Vol.2, no.10

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Secure & Prepared, June 6, 2006, Vol.2, no.11

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Secure & Prepared, June 20, 2006, Vol.2, no.12

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Secure & Prepared, July 5, 2006, Vol.2, no.13

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Secure & Prepared, July 25, 2006, Vol.2, no.14

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