Moving Toward a Universal Digital Era in Mass Casualty Incidents and Disasters: Emergency Personnel's Perspective in Romania

Stănescu, Anca Daniela; Gordon, Peter Eliot; Copotoiu, Sanda Maria; Boeriu, Cristian

doi:10.1089/tmj.2017.0037

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“…In most of the studies, physicians (14 papers) and nurses (8 articles) participated in the telehealth programs. 33,38,[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] A medical team participating in a mission providing humanitarian aid to Africa and Pakistan was trained in the use of telecommunication equipment and in telemedicine concepts. 54 To ensure the feasibility of telemedicine in disaster triage, the physician had an audiovisual interface with the paramedic team and was able to observe the victims remotely.…”

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Telenursing in Incidents and Disasters: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Nejadshafiee¹,

Bahaadinbeigy²,

Kazemi³

et al. 2020

Journal of Emergency Nursing

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The current literature on telenursing in incidents and disasters indicates that the use of technology is seen as a significant strategy for addressing the continually increasing demand for care. However, in disaster management, this technology has not been implemented. This article contributes the main finding that because of the shortage of specialized nurses in disaster areas, the presence of this group in the telehealth program will provide a new platform for care. Thus, telenursing offers a means of improving disaster response that has not been well researched.The key implication for emergency nursing practice from this study is that telenursing may be helpful in cases such as wound management, trauma care, and triage during disasters.

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Telenursing in Incidents and Disasters: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Nejadshafiee¹,

Bahaadinbeigy²,

Kazemi³

et al. 2020

Journal of Emergency Nursing

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“…Quantitative studies: Three studies were rated with a moderate risk of bias [25][26][27] and three were rated with low risk of bias [28][29][30].…”

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“…Fifteen studies published between 2009 and 2021 were included in the review. Six studies had employed quantitative research methods [25][26][27][28][29][30], six had used qualitative research methods [31][32][33][34][35][36][37] and three had employed a mixed-methods approach [37][38][39]. The studies included in this review had been conducted in ten countries: Japan [25]; China [29,33], Iran [35,37]; Romania [26]; the US [31,32,35]; Canada [30,37]; the Republic of Ireland [28]; Turkey [27]; Australia [38] and the UK [39].…”

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“…In addition, Zhang et al [32] reported that the available systems such as landlines and radio were not able to save patient information. The importance of using a system which saves patient records was reported in seven studies [26,31,[34][35][36]38,39] .…”

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“…The use of computer-based systems was reported by Stanescu et al [26] who found that nurses and physicians frequently used electronic medical records during their daily work but that using this method during an MCI or disaster was more complex due to the technical design, which is not supported during major incidents. Sorani et al [36] stated that after an earthquake most conducted by Reddy et al [31] and Zhang et al [32] found that information-sharing between paramedics and ED staff was through an Emergency Communication Incident Centre (ECIC) located in each hospital whose role is to mediate between the paramedics and the ED regarding reporting casualties transferred by paramedics to the ED [35].…”

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The use of information and communication technology between emergency medical teams in emergency situations: A systematic review

Alshehri

Alshehri²,

Gormley³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Following an emergency incident, critically injured patients are often treated by multiple healthcare professionals from Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) over a short period of time. The process of transportation from the site of an incident to definitive health care therefore depends on coordination and information-sharing which is reliant on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT is essential to ensure the necessary organizational responses to emergency situations by facilitating information-sharing, sustained coordination and collaboration to protect and save the injured. This literature review provides a broad overview which can facilitate an understanding of the experiences between EMTs in emergencies using ICT by systematically finding, reviewing, assessing and synthesizing current evidence. A systematic search guided by PRISMA was performed using relevant electronic databases and manual searches. Studies were limited to original research and only articles published between 2009 and 2021 were included. This review highlights that only a limited number of publications reported ICT use between EMTs in different emergencies in a single study. Fifteen papers were found which reported the experience of coordination and communication using ICT between EMTs in emergency situations in different countries. The findings of these papers indicate that although communication systems during an emergency are crucial, poor quality telecommunications infrastructure affected by difficult weather conditions often led to communication failures between respondents. The majority of these studies highlighted that the use of mobile phones is preferred over other systems due to their multi-functionality. Some of the studies reported issues in coordination between EMTs in which the limited information shared between EMTs affected their preparedness. Furthermore, the review shows that disaster simulation exercises between EMTs are insufficient and require improvement. Future research needs to include the perspectives of emergency operations centre staff along with nurses, physicians and paramedics in a single study to comprehensively explore the EMT response in emergency situations.

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Advancing the scientific study of prehospital mass casualty response through a Translational Science process: the T1 scoping literature review stage

Weinstein

Cuthbertson

Herbert

et al. 2023

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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Purpose The European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding program awarded the NIGHTINGALE grant to develop a toolkit to support first responders engaged in prehospital (PH) mass casualty incident (MCI) response. To reach the projects’ objectives, the NIGHTINGALE consortium used a Translational Science (TS) process. The present work is the first TS stage (T1) aimed to extract data relevant for the subsequent modified Delphi study (T2) statements. Methods The authors were divided into three work groups (WGs) MCI Triage, PH Life Support and Damage Control (PHLSDC), and PH Processes (PHP). Each WG conducted simultaneous literature searches following the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews. Relevant data were extracted from the included articles and indexed using pre-identified PH MCI response themes and subthemes. Results The initial search yielded 925 total references to be considered for title and abstract review (MCI Triage 311, PHLSDC 329, PHP 285), then 483 articles for full reference review (MCI Triage 111, PHLSDC 216, PHP 156), and finally 152 articles for the database extraction process (MCI Triage 27, PHLSDC 37, PHP 88). Most frequent subthemes and novel concepts have been identified as a basis for the elaboration of draft statements for the T2 modified Delphi study. Conclusion The three simultaneous scoping reviews allowed the extraction of relevant PH MCI subthemes and novel concepts that will enable the NIGHTINGALE consortium to create scientifically anchored statements in the T2 modified Delphi study.

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Moving Toward a Universal Digital Era in Mass Casualty Incidents and Disasters: Emergency Personnel's Perspective in Romania

Abstract: Professionals support the implementation of an integrated electronic system for large-scale events if outlined requirements are met to maximize user acceptance.

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

Telenursing in Incidents and Disasters: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Telenursing in Incidents and Disasters: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The use of information and communication technology between emergency medical teams in emergency situations: A systematic review

Advancing the scientific study of prehospital mass casualty response through a Translational Science process: the T1 scoping literature review stage

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