A paramedic field supervisor's situational awareness in prehospital emergency care
| Autor: | Rauno Kuusisto, Teija Norri-Sederholm, Kaija Saranto, Heikki Paakkonen, Jouni Kurola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Emergency Medical Services
Situation awareness business.industry Data management Decision Making Allied Health Personnel Context (language use) Planning Techniques Emergency Nursing Awareness medicine.disease Interviews as Topic Professional Role Tacit knowledge Emergency Medicine Information system Emergency medical services Medicine Humans Medical emergency business Information exchange Finland Prehospital Emergency Care |
| Zdroj: | Prehospital and disaster medicine. 29(2) |
| ISSN: | 1049-023X |
| Popis: | IntroductionSituational awareness (SA), or being aware of what is going on and what might happen next, is essential for the successful management of prehospital emergency care. However, far too little attention has been paid to the flow of information. Having the right information is important when formulating plans and actions.ProblemThe aim of this study was to analyze and describe the type of information that is meaningful for SA in the work of paramedic field supervisors, and to create an information profile for them in the context of prehospital emergency care.MethodsData were collected from January through March 2012 from semi-structured interviews with ten paramedic field supervisors representing four rescue departments in Finland. The interviews were based on three different types of real-life scenarios in the context of prehospital emergency care, and deductive content analysis was employed according to the information exchange meta-model. Data management and analysis were performed using Atlas.ti 7.ResultsA paramedic field supervisor information interest profile was formulated. The most important information categories were Events, Means, Action Patterns, and Decisions. The profile showed that paramedic field supervisors had four roles – situation follower, analyzer, planner and decision maker – and they acted in all four roles at the same time in the planning and execution phases.ConclusionParamedic field supervisors are multitasking persons, building SA by using the available data, combining it with extensive know-how from their working methods and competencies, and their tacit knowledge. The results can be used in developing work processes, training programs, and information systems.Norri-SederholmT,KuusistoR,KurolaJ,SarantoK,PaakkonenH.A paramedic field supervisor's situational awareness in prehospital emergency care.Prehosp Disaster Med.2014;29(2):1-9. |
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