Citation

Hardy SE, Fattah S. Scand. J. Trauma Resusc. Emerg. Med. 2017; 25(1): 7.

Affiliation

Anaesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Scandinavian Networking Group on Trauma and Emergency Management, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13049-017-0351-7

PMID

28122602

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We describe the process of setting up a database of major incident reports and its potential future application.

METHOD: A template for reporting on major incidents was developed using a consensus-based process involving a team of experts in the field. A website was set up as a platform from which to launch the template and as a database of submitted reports. This paper describes the processes involved in setting up a major incident reporting database. It describes how specific difficulties have been overcome and anticipates challenges for the future.

CONCLUSIONS: We have successfully set up a major incident database, the main purpose of which is to have a repository of standardised major incident reports that can be analysed and compared in order to learn from them.

Language: en

Keywords

Disaster medicine; Emergency preparedness; Emergency response; Major incident; Mass casualty incident