Title of article :
Two Validated Ways of Improving the Ability of Decision-Making in Emergencies; Results from a Literature Review
Author/Authors :
Khorram-Manesh,Amir Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Center - Gothenburg, Sweden , Berlin, Johan Department of Social and Behavioural Studies - University West, Trolhättan, Sweden , Carlström, Eric Department of Health and crisis management and policy - Sahlgrenska Academy - Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
The aim of the current review wasto study the existing knowledge about decision-making and to identify and describe validated training tools.A comprehensive literature review was conducted by using the following keywords: decision-making, emergencies, disasters, crisis management, training, exercises, simulation, validated, real-time, command and control, communication, collaboration, and multi-disciplinary in combination or as an isolated word. Two validated training systems developed in Sweden, 3 level collaboration (3LC) and MacSim, were identified and studied in light of the literature review in order to identify how decision-making can be trained. The training models fulfilled six of the eight identified characteristics of training for decision-making.Based on the results, these training models contained methods suitable to train for decision-making
Keywords :
Decision-making , Emergencies , Disasters , Crisis management , Training , Exercises , Simulation , Validated , Realtime , Command and control , Communication , Collaboration , Multi-disciplinary
Journal title :
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma
