Evaluating feasibility of a novel mobile emergency medical dispatch tool for lay first responder prehospital response coordination in Sierra Leone: A simulation-based study

Delaney, Peter G.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Thullah, Alfred H.; Turay, P; Sandy, Kpawuru; Boonstra, Philip S.; Raghavendran, Krishnan

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2022.10.010

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“…The scope was to test the application and to gather feedback about it, which could happen with more iterations. Other similar mobile apps were also tested on a limited number of participants in other studies: 10 trained lay first responders equipped with an emergency medical dispatch system utilizing a mobile application participated in an emergency simulation-based study [27], and 35 respondents tested the usability of an emergency accident alert mobile application developed by Sarlan et al (2016) [49].…”

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“…Some research has been dedicated to developing applications to be used by dispatchers, such as the one proposed by Delaney et al (2022) which notifies the rescue teams based on their location so that the lay first responder closest to the event location can reply and confirm their intervention [27]. This type of application can be valuable in low-and middle-income countries where the cost aspect of emergency systems is significant.…”

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Improvement of Emergency Situation Management through an Integrated System Using Mobile Alerts

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The capacity to act as quickly as possible in the event of an emergency is a major concern for all those involved in providing first aid. Responses in due time are crucial for efficient alarm and event management. Currently, in most systems, notifications regarding alarms and events are sent to a list of recipients. The recipients can be operators, workstations, and/or formations. For a more effective response, it would be advantageous for an alarm or event to be announced to the operators, workstations, and/or the mobile formations closest to the location where the alarm or event occurred. The authors present an innovative solution—an integrated system consisting of a mobile application intended for users and a web application for dispatchers—which aims to reduce the response time and to facilitate the identification of the emergency situation. The proposed applications are validated through usability tests, the results of which demonstrate the ease of use and acceptance of the application by users and dispatchers. It is shown that this tool can have benefits at a large scale, but depends on the involvement of governmental decision-makers for implementation.

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