Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
Motivation – To understand a new work role in emergency medical services, the relationship between situation awareness (SA) and decision-making among emergency care practitioners (ECPs) is examined. Research approach – A scoping study was completed and involved observations (36 hours of ride-outs an...
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| description | Motivation – To understand a new work role in emergency medical services, the relationship between situation awareness (SA) and decision-making among emergency care practitioners (ECPs) is examined. Research approach – A scoping study was completed and involved observations (36 hours of ride-outs and 4 hours of sit-ins) and semi-structured interviews with a group of ECPs and Triage Nurses at an ambulance control room. A subject matter expert was consulted to validate a communication map derived
from the observations and interviews. Findings/Design – The results show that system’s factors could affect the creation of SA and decision-making. As a result, a framework for SA and decision-making among ECPs was developed. Originality/Value – This study extends the study of SA into emergency medical services domain. It also contributes in understanding a new practitioner role in the UK. Take away message – Factors related to the development of SA should be understood to support decisionmaking
among ECPs and thereby improve the quality of care in emergency medicine. |
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| spelling | iium-96702012-02-13T04:40:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9670/ Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners Abd Hamid, Harris Shah BF Psychology HM Sociology Motivation – To understand a new work role in emergency medical services, the relationship between situation awareness (SA) and decision-making among emergency care practitioners (ECPs) is examined. Research approach – A scoping study was completed and involved observations (36 hours of ride-outs and 4 hours of sit-ins) and semi-structured interviews with a group of ECPs and Triage Nurses at an ambulance control room. A subject matter expert was consulted to validate a communication map derived from the observations and interviews. Findings/Design – The results show that system’s factors could affect the creation of SA and decision-making. As a result, a framework for SA and decision-making among ECPs was developed. Originality/Value – This study extends the study of SA into emergency medical services domain. It also contributes in understanding a new practitioner role in the UK. Take away message – Factors related to the development of SA should be understood to support decisionmaking among ECPs and thereby improve the quality of care in emergency medicine. 2009-06-23 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9670/1/ewic_ndm09_s4paper1.pdf Abd Hamid, Harris Shah (2009) Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners. In: Proceeding of the 9th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM9), 23-26 June 2009, London, UK. http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/26887 |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology HM Sociology Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners |
| title | Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
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| title_full | Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
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| title_fullStr | Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
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| title_full_unstemmed | Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
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| title_short | Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners
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| title_sort | situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners |
| topic | BF Psychology HM Sociology |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/9670/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9670/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9670/1/ewic_ndm09_s4paper1.pdf |