Researcher: Kathryn Zeitz
This project is an evaluation review of a current event workload planning tool for medical resource allocation, The safety event guide (1999). The project uses existing data to determine the predictive accuracy of this tool and determine its viability as a component of a risk measurement system.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Chain of survival at mass gatherings: A case series of resuscitation events
Researchers: Jamie Ranse, Kathryn Zeitz
At a large public event, or mass gathering, various factors influence patient presentations, which bring challenges to patient care. The chain of survival has been investigated in the prehospital setting; however this has not explicitly included the mass-gathering environment. This study sought to determine the facilitators and barriers to the chain of survival at mass gatherings.
This case series research was exploratory and descriptive, using the analysis of personal experiences of resuscitation. Participants were members of St John Ambulance Australia who had participated actively in a resuscitation event in 2007. Telephone interviews were used as a means of data collection. Participant narrative was recorded electronically, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed thematically using a well established human science approach.
The thematic analysis revealed five main themes and a number of sub-themes. Four of the main themes were aligned easily with the four chain of survival links. The remaining main theme outlined a new link in the chain of survival of specific importance to mass gatherings, ‘early planning’. Additionally, a number of sub-themes were identified, which exemplified various facilitators and barriers to the chain of survival in this environment.
This research highlights various barriers and facilitators to the chain of survival in the mass-gathering environment. Additionally, the unique “early planning” link in the chain of survival as described in this research highlights the importance of a preparatory phase for responders at mass gatherings.
Outputs:
At a large public event, or mass gathering, various factors influence patient presentations, which bring challenges to patient care. The chain of survival has been investigated in the prehospital setting; however this has not explicitly included the mass-gathering environment. This study sought to determine the facilitators and barriers to the chain of survival at mass gatherings.
This case series research was exploratory and descriptive, using the analysis of personal experiences of resuscitation. Participants were members of St John Ambulance Australia who had participated actively in a resuscitation event in 2007. Telephone interviews were used as a means of data collection. Participant narrative was recorded electronically, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed thematically using a well established human science approach.
The thematic analysis revealed five main themes and a number of sub-themes. Four of the main themes were aligned easily with the four chain of survival links. The remaining main theme outlined a new link in the chain of survival of specific importance to mass gatherings, ‘early planning’. Additionally, a number of sub-themes were identified, which exemplified various facilitators and barriers to the chain of survival in this environment.
This research highlights various barriers and facilitators to the chain of survival in the mass-gathering environment. Additionally, the unique “early planning” link in the chain of survival as described in this research highlights the importance of a preparatory phase for responders at mass gatherings.
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Publication (Prehospital Disaster Medicine) |
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Summary (Jamie Ranse Website) |
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