Delivering patient care during large-scale emergency situations: Lessons from military care providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Today, physicians are at the front lines of a pandemic response. Military physicians are uniquely trained to excel in such large-scale emergency situations. Civilian physicians can harness military know-how, but it will require research into military healthcare responses-specifically, we need to learn lessons from military interprofessional healthcare teams (MIHTs).

Methods

This research answers two questions: What are the characteristics of successful MIHTs? Why are those characteristics important to MIHT success in large-scale emergency situations? Using a Grounded Theory approach, 30 interviews were conducted soliciting perspectives from the broadest range of healthcare professionals who had experiences working in and leading MIHTs. Purposive sampling was used

SUBMITTER: Varpio L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011761 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature