Critical Medication Shortages: Effective Strategies to Maintain Continuous Medication Availability for Emergency Medical Services

• Published in: Prehospital emergency care Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 290
• Main Authors: Whitfield, Denise, Bosson, Nichole, Habrat, Dorothy, Telmos, John, Watson, Gary, Eckstein, Marc, Kazan, Clayton, Gausche-Hill, Marianne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 03.03.2020
• Subjects: emergency medication shortage; medication supply; drug shortage; critical medication shortage; mitigation strategies

Critical shortages of generic injectable medications are an ongoing challenge for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems. Mitigation strategies have been proposed to address the issue, but a limited amount of data exists quantifying the scope of the problem or describing strategies being used to e...