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dc.contributor.authorFattah, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorKrüger, Andreas J.
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Jan Einar
dc.contributor.authorvigerust, trond
dc.contributor.authorRehn, Marius
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T09:31:21Z
dc.date.available2013-03-11T09:31:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractA major incident has occurred when the number of live casualties, severity, type of incident or location requires extraordinary resources. Major incident management is interdisciplinary and involves triage, treatment and transport of patients. We aimed to investigate experiences within major incident preparedness and management among Norwegian rescue workers. A questionnaire was answered by 918 rescue workers across Norway. Questions rated from 1 (doesn’t work) to 7 (works excellently) are presented as median and range. Health-care personnel constituted 34.1% of the participants, firefighters 54.1% and police 11.8%. Training for major incident response scored 5 (1, 7) among health-care workers and 4 (1, 7) among firefighters and police. Preparedness for major incident response scored 5 (1, 7) for all professions. Interdisciplinary cooperation scored 5 (3, 7) among health-care workers and police and 5 (1, 7) among firefighters. Among health-care workers, 77.5% answered that a system for major-incident triage exists; 56.3% had triage equipment available. The majority – 45.1% of health-care workers, 44.7% of firefighters and 60.4% of police – did not know how long it would take to get emergency stretchers to the scene. Rescue personnel find major incident preparedness and on-scene multidisciplinary cooperation to function well. Some shortcomings are reported with regard to systems for major incident triage, tagging equipment for triage and knowledge about access to emergency stretchers.en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine 5(2012) nr. 1, s. 40en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 964606
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-5-40
dc.identifier.issn1865-1372
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/4933
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4665
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringerOpenen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.titleMajor incident preparedness and on-site work among Norwegian rescue personnel - a cross-sectional study.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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