Non-preventable | Injuries or problem non-survivable with optimal management |
Evaluation and management are appropriate |
Suspect care does not affect classification of death but is treated as morbidity |
Potentially preventable | Injuries or problem severe but survivable |
Evaluation and management are generally appropriate |
Errors in care directly or indirectly implicated in patient’s death |
Preventable | Injuries or problem normally survivable |
Evaluation and management are suspect |
Errors directly or indirectly cause patient’s death |