The intense atmosphere, cramped quarters, ever-changing circumstances, and lack of oversight/cross-checking leads to an unknown (but probably high) number of errors by EMTs and paramedics each year. The first steps towards improving treatment include establishing a better reporting and response infrastructure and standardizing medical supplies and doses across hospitals and ambulances so that the same thing in the same dose is the same color and in the same place every single time. Makes sense to me.
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