Routine Mobile Applications for Emergency Medical Services in Mass Casualty Incidents

Mentler, Tilo; Herczeg, Michael; Jent, S; Stoislow, Mathias; Kindsmüller, Martin Christof; Rumland, Timo

doi:10.1515/bmt-2012-4457

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“…A rugged tablet PC (see Figure 6) with support for pen input can be considered an appropriate hardware approach to a consistent user interface for regular and extraordinary missions. We have basically confirmed this in formative and summative evaluations based on a prototypical application [13,14].…”

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confidence: 71%

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Interactive Cognitive Artifacts for Enhancing Situation Awareness of Incident Commanders in Mass Casualty Incidents

Mentler¹,

Herczeg²

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics

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In mass casualty incidents (MCIs), incident commanders are responsible for managing operations, guiding rescue forces and applying resources appropriately. Data required for situation assessment and decision making are gathered and shared by numerous face-to-face talks, radio calls and paper-based forms. These tools and means of communication support flexible modes of operation but often lead to deficient awareness of the situation. Information sharing in the field is hampered and delayed. Interactive cognitive artifacts might improve the situations compared to using established paper-based artifacts by exchanging and visualizing data in real-time. However, because of users' workload and working conditions, designing mobile computer-based tools and systems for this context of use is a usability challenge. Based on the results of a two-year user-centered system design project with Emergency Medical Services, we discuss currently used and interactive cognitive artifacts for incident commanders. Challenges and approaches to successful user interface and interaction design are described.

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“…They were part of a two-year user-centered system design project with EMS. The project resulted in an advanced prototype of an information system for mass casualty incidents (MCIs) which has undergone formative and summative evaluations [12,13,14].…”

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Interactive Cognitive Artifacts for Enhancing Situation Awareness of Incident Commanders in Mass Casualty Incidents

Mentler¹,

Herczeg²

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics

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“…Within a two-year user-centered system design project, we developed a prototype of a tablet-based data gathering and information management system in close collaboration with German Emergency Medical Services (cf. [36][37][38] for more details).…”

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Usability Evaluation of Information Technology in Disaster and Emergency Management

Mentler¹,

Berndt²,

Wessel³

et al. 2017

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Apart from technical reliability, usability is one of the major criteria for safe and efficient usage of interactive information technology in disaster and emergency management. However, in this setting, usability evaluation is difficult due to the heterogeneity and unpredictability of operation conditions, as well as the difficult, usually mobile, context. However, there are ways to conduct usability evaluations in disaster and emergency settings. Thus, in this paper, advantages and disadvantages of empirical and analytical usability evaluation methods for interactive systems in disaster and emergency management are discussed. The importance of formative evaluation measures within an iterative human-centered design process is emphasized. It is illustrated by two case studies dealing with paramedics' and emergency physicians' usage of mobile and wearable devices in mass casualty incidents.

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“…Mentler et al noted the development and need for an integrated mobile application system for managing mass casualty incidents for emergency medical services providers. 9 While mobile apps have been utilized in a variety of public health settings, there are limited research investigations on the use of mobile apps as an educational or learning platform for health professionals. Previous research has examined the importance of online web-based technologies as a useful enhancement to learning.…”

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“…However, despite these issues, there is much potential in using mobile apps in general health preparedness and by health professionals as an extension of their toolkits. Mentler et al noted the development and need for an integrated mobile application system for managing mass casualty incidents for emergency medical services providers 9 …”

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Proposing a Framework for Mobile Applications in Disaster Health Learning

Liu

Altman

Schor

et al. 2017

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Mobile applications, or apps, have gained widespread use with the advent of modern smartphone technologies. Previous research has been conducted in the use of mobile devices for learning. However, there is decidedly less research into the use of mobile apps for health learning (eg, patient self-monitoring, medical student learning). This deficiency in research on using apps in a learning context is especially severe in the disaster health field. The objectives of this article were to provide an overview of the current state of disaster health apps being used for learning, to situate the use of apps in a health learning context, and to adapt a learning framework for the use of mobile apps in the disaster health field. A systematic literature review was conducted by using the PRISMA checklist, and peer-reviewed articles found through the PubMed and CINAHL databases were examined. This resulted in 107 nonduplicative articles, which underwent a 3-phase review, culminating in a final selection of 17 articles. While several learning models were identified, none were sufficient as an app learning framework for the field. Therefore, we propose a learning framework to inform the use of mobile apps in disaster health learning. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:487-495).

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Routine Mobile Applications for Emergency Medical Services in Mass Casualty Incidents

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Interactive Cognitive Artifacts for Enhancing Situation Awareness of Incident Commanders in Mass Casualty Incidents

Interactive Cognitive Artifacts for Enhancing Situation Awareness of Incident Commanders in Mass Casualty Incidents

Usability Evaluation of Information Technology in Disaster and Emergency Management

Proposing a Framework for Mobile Applications in Disaster Health Learning

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