Perceptions of Emergency Department Triage Nurses About Prehospital Emergency Rescuers in Italy: A Latent Threat to Clinical Handover.

Objectives: In Italy, volunteer rescuers respond to most prehospital emergency calls. These rescuers provide the majority of patient information during handover at the emergency department triage. Standardized terminology between rescuers and triage nurses is lacking in Italy, and miscommunication may cause a poor handover.