Designing Simulation-Based Training for Prehospital Emergency Care: Participation from a Participant Perspective

Could ICT Be Harnessed for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services? - The Case of the Lebanese Red Cross

“…In the literature surveyed, ICT solutions tackle challenges of prehospital care in a form of specific objective based point solutions; either in dispatch (McLay and Mayorga, 2010), training (Alenljung and Söderholm, 2015), mobility (Zhang and Sarcevic, 2015), or resource management (Waikayi et al, 2012), etc... In distinction, this study focuses on an integrated solution implementation in a non-profit EMS organization and reveals challenges before, during and after the initial implementation stages of this large scale ICT solution.…”

“…Scholars have tackled the incorporation of simulation-based training for prehospital emergency care (Alenljung and Söderholm, 2015) to increase the skill levels of the participants and placed ICT as an efficiency constituent in EMS (Ahmed et al, 2014). However, technology offerings are yet to reach a ubiquitous level in real-time teleconsultation for prehospital emergency medical services (Thelen et al, 2014).…”

Co-created evaluation: Identifying how games support police learning

“…While there have been attempts to make the design of serious games more participatory through including stakeholders in the process (e.g. Lukosch, et al 2012., Khaled, and Vasalou, 2014., Alenljung and Söderholm, 2015) there are very few cocreated evaluations that validate if learning has occurred. A potential barrier to doing so may relate to the complexity of examining learning progression, particularly in practice-based learning contexts (such as police training) that involve both tacit and procedural knowledge.…”

Repercusiones fisiológicas del uso de equipos de protección individual frente a riesgos biológicos sobre los trabajadores de la salud

“…El trabajo habitual de los equipos de emergencias es, en sí mismo, difícil, cambiante y, en muchas ocasiones, se desarrolla en contextos complejos (5) . Dichas situaciones justifican que estos profesionales deban disponer de unas actitudes y aptitudes especiales, tanto en formación y entrenamiento como en dotación de materiales y recursos, debido a que su actividad se desarrollará en múltiples escenarios y contará con necesidades muy diversas (6) .…”

“…En el subgrupo de emergencias sanitarias pudimos encontrar más fumadores (p=0,001) y más consumidores de alcohol (p=0,054).En cuanto a los datos antropométricos, los sujetos de emergencias sanitarias presentaron mayores perímetros de pecho (p=0,001), cintura (p=0,001), cadera (p=0,003), cuello (p=0,003) y contorno de muñeca (p=0,042). El IMC de este grupo fue de 26,6 kg/m 2(DE 4,6). No se encontraron diferencias basales en la grasa corporal, masa muscular y ósea.…”