Prehospital major incident management: how do training and real-life situations relate? A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the relationship between preparations and real-life experiences among prehospital major incident commanders.

Design

An explorative, qualitative design was used.

Setting

Prehospital major incidents in Sweden. Data were collected between December 2019 and August 2020.

Participants

Prehospital major incident commanders (n=15) with real-life experiences from major events, such as fires, bus accidents, a bridge collapse and terrorist attacks, were included. All but one had participated in 2-day training focusing on the prehospital management of major incidents. In addition, about half of the participants had participated in simulation exercises, academic courses and other training in the management of major incidents.

Methods

Data from tw

SUBMITTER: Hugelius K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461747 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature