Title |
A concept for major incident triage: full-scaled simulation feasibility study
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Published in |
BMC Emergency Medicine, August 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-227x-10-17 |
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Authors |
Marius Rehn, Jan E Andersen, Trond Vigerust, Andreas J Krüger, Hans M Lossius |
Abstract |
Efficient management of major incidents involves triage, treatment and transport. In the absence of a standardised interdisciplinary major incident management approach, the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation developed Interdisciplinary Emergency Service Cooperation Course (TAS). The TAS-program was established in 1998 and by 2009, approximately 15 500 emergency service professionals have participated in one of more than 500 no-cost courses. The TAS-triage concept is based on the established triage Sieve and Paediatric Triage Tape models but modified with slap-wrap reflective triage tags and paediatric triage stretchers. We evaluated the feasibility and accuracy of the TAS-triage concept in full-scale simulated major incidents. |
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Norway | 2 | 67% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Turkey | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 98 | 94% |
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Researcher | 14 | 13% |
Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 12% |
Professor | 6 | 6% |
Other | 27 | 26% |
Unknown | 17 | 16% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 15% |
Engineering | 5 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
Other | 10 | 10% |
Unknown | 20 | 19% |