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Mobilisation of emergency services for chemical incidents in Sweden : a multi-agency focus group study

Anton Westman (Författare), Britt-Inger Saveman (Författare), Ulf Björnstig, 1943- (Författare), Johan Hylander (Författare), Lina Gyllencreutz (Författare)

URI http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-186467, URN urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-186467, DOI 10.1186/s13049-021-00910-5

Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare), Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare), Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare)

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BioMed Central, 2021

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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · ISSN 1757-7241

29:1

Bidrag, Onlineresurs

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http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-186467

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Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Hälsovetenskap, Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi, Accident and emergency medicine, Chemical incidents, Communication, Decision framework, Disasters, Emergency planning, Emergency response and management, Public health

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Background: In chemical incidents, infrequent but potentially disastrous, the World Health Organization calls for inter-organizational coordination of actors involved. Multi-organizational studies of chemical response capacities are scarce. We aimed to describe chemical incident experiences and perceptions of Swedish fire and rescue services, emergency medical services, police services, and emergency dispatch services personnel. Methods: Eight emergency service organizations in two distinct and dissimilar regions in Sweden participated in one organization-specific focus group interview each. The total number of respondents was 25 (7 females and 18 males). A qualitative inductive content analysis was performed. Results: Three types of information processing were derived as emerging during acute-phase chemical incident mobilization: Unspecified (a caller communicating with an emergency medical dispatcher), specified (each emergency service obtaining organization-specific expert information), and aligned (continually updated information from the scene condensed and disseminated back to all parties at the scene). Improvable shortcomings were identified, e.g. randomness (unspecified information processing), inter-organizational reticence (specified information processing), and downprioritizing central information transmission while saving lives (aligned information processing). Conclusions: The flow of information may be improved by automation, public education, revised dispatcher education, and use of technical resources in the field. Future studies should independently assess these mechanism’s degree of impact on mobilisation of emergency services in chemical incidents.

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Anton Westman (Författare), Britt-Inger Saveman (Författare), Ulf Björnstig, 1943- (Författare), Johan Hylander (Författare), Lina Gyllencreutz (Författare)

Medverkan och funktion

Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare), Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare), Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (Utgivare)