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Helicopter emergency medical services in major incident management: A national Norwegian cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 ObjectiveHelicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) aim to bring a highly specialised crew to the scene of major incidents for triage, treatment and transport.
Anne Siri Johnsen +4 more
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Training for major incidents [PDF]
Surgery (Oxford), 2021 Major incidents are serious events with broad-reaching consequences that require extraordinary solutions to be implemented. They call for a team-based approach and efficient communication at all levels in addition to effective command, control and oversight. While consolidation of care into major trauma centres has led to improved outcomes for patients,
Porthouse, Alexander +2 more
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Electronic adverse incident reporting in hospitals [PDF]
, 2010 The purpose of this study was to assess attitudes toward and use of an electronic adverse incident reporting system in all four hospitals in one NHS Scotland Health Board area.
Burns, Calvin +8 more
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Decision-making by medical officer in charge during major incidents: a qualitative study
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background An incident command structure is commonly used to manage responses to major incidents. In the hospital incident command structure, the medical officer in charge (MOC) is in a key position.
Karin Hugelius +3 more
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Understanding the psychological impacts of responding to a terrorist incident
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021 Background: Responding to a mass casualty event can cause significant distress, even for highly trained medical and emergency services personnel. Objective: The purpose of the study was to understand more about first responders’ perspectives about their ...
Elena A. Skryabina +3 more
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Police Perfection: Examining the Effect of Trait Maximization on Police Decision-Making
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Police officers around the world must often select between equally unappealing, uncertain courses of action in an attempt to achieve the best outcome. Despite the immense importance of such decisions, there remains a lack of understanding in the study of
Neil Shortland +2 more
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Saudi Journal for Health Sciences, 2023 The Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) and Medical Major Incident Management System (MMIMS) are incident management systems that any hospital may utilize to deal with threats, scheduled events, or emergencies.
Bandr Mzahim +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 ObjectiveIn this study, we extend the impact of mindfulness to the concept of least-worst decision-making. Least-worst decisions involve high-uncertainty and require the individual to choose between a number of potentially negative courses of action ...
Neil D. Shortland +4 more
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Prothrombotic genotypes and risk of major bleeding in patients with incident venous thromboembolism [PDF]
, 2020 Background - Genotypes associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) may protect against bleeding due to a hypercoagulable state. Whether the risk of major bleeding is reduced in parallel with an increasing number of prothrombotic genotypes during ...
Hindberg, Kristian +5 more
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Managing major incidents [PDF]
Emergency Nurse, 2012 THIS SUMMER, the eyes of the world will be on our country as we approach the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Thousands of visitors will be drawn to London and venues nationwide amid hopes of increased revenue from tourism.
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