Paper Info
Title
Supporting information use and retention of pre-hospital information during trauma resuscitation: a qualitative study of pre-hospital communications and information needs.
Abstract
Pre-hospital communication is a critical first step towards ensuring efficient management of critically injured patients during trauma resuscitation. Information about incoming patients received from the field and en route serves a critical role in helping emergency medical teams prepare for patient care. Despite many efforts, inefficiencies persist. In this paper, we examine the pre-hospital communications between pre-hospital and hospital providers, including the types of information transferred during en-route calls, as well as the information needs of trauma teams. Our findings show that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) teams report a great deal of information from the field, most of which match the needs of trauma teams. We discuss design implications for a computerized system to support the use and retention of pre-hospital information during trauma resuscitation.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2013
AMIA
qualitative research,emergency medical services,medical informatics
Field
DocType
Volume
Information needs,Nursing,Trauma resuscitation,Computerized system,Emergency medical services,Patient care,Medical emergency,Resuscitation,Health informatics,Qualitative research,Medicine
Conference
2013
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1942-597X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhan Zhang1183.87
Aleksandra Sarcevic218226.75
Randall S. Burd312221.53