Reporting Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Major Incidents: A Delphi Study

Sabina Fattah; Anne Siri Johnsen; Stephen J M Sollid; Torben Wisborg; Marius Rehn; Ákos Sóti; Anatolij Truhlář; Andreas J Krüger; Björn Gunnarsson; Dan Gryth; David Ohlén; Espen Fevang; Geir Arne Sunde; Ivo Breitenmoser; Jouni Kurola; Jouni Nurmi; Knut Fredriksen; Leif Rognås; Peter Temesvari; Søren Mikkelsen; Vidar Magnusson; Wolfgang Voelckel; HEMS Major Incident Reporting Collaborators

doi:10.1016/j.amj.2016.08.003

Reporting Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Major Incidents: A Delphi Study

Sabina Fattah, Anne Siri Johnsen, Stephen J M Sollid, Torben Wisborg, Marius Rehn, Ákos Sóti, Anatolij Truhlář, Andreas J Krüger, Björn Gunnarsson, Dan Gryth, David Ohlén, Espen Fevang, Geir Arne Sunde, Ivo Breitenmoser, Jouni Kurola, Jouni Nurmi, Knut Fredriksen, Leif Rognås, Peter Temesvari, Søren MikkelsenVidar Magnusson, Wolfgang Voelckel, HEMS Major Incident Reporting Collaborators

Department of Clinical Medicine - Anaesthesiology and Operation, Intensive care

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Research on helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in major incidents is predominately based on case descriptions reported in a heterogeneous fashion. Uniform data reported with a consensus-based template could facilitate the collection, analysis, and exchange of experiences. This type of database presently exists for major incident reporting at www.majorincidentreporting.net. This study aimed to develop a HEMS-specific major incident template.

METHODS: This Delphi study included 17 prehospital critical care physicians with current or previous HEMS experience. All participants interacted through e-mail. We asked these experts to define data variables and rank which were most important to report during an immediate prehospital medical response to a major incident. Five rounds were conducted.

RESULTS: In the first round, the experts suggested 98 variables. After 5 rounds, 21 variables were determined by consensus. These variables were formatted in a template with 4 main categories: HEMS background information, the major incident characteristics relevant to HEMS, the HEMS response to the major incident, and the key lessons learned.

CONCLUSION: Based on opinions from European experts, we established a consensus-based template for reporting on HEMS responses to major incidents. This template will facilitate uniformity in the collection, analysis, and exchange of experience.

Original language	English
Journal	B M J
Volume	35
Issue	6
Pages (from-to)	348-351
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0959-8146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2016.08.003
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2016

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Fattah, S., Johnsen, A. S., Sollid, S. J. M., Wisborg, T., Rehn, M., Sóti, Á., Truhlář, A., Krüger, A. J., Gunnarsson, B., Gryth, D., Ohlén, D., Fevang, E., Sunde, G. A., Breitenmoser, I., Kurola, J., Nurmi, J., Fredriksen, K., Rognås, L., Temesvari, P., ... HEMS Major Incident Reporting Collaborators (2016). Reporting Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Major Incidents: A Delphi Study. B M J, 35(6), 348-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2016.08.003

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