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Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute medical response in disasters.
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- Potential benefits of triage for the trauma patient in a Kenyan emergency department.BMC emergency medicine · 2018Article
- Standardised data reporting from pre-hospital advanced airway management - a nominal group technique update of the Utstein-style airway template.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2018Article
- Disaster preparedness and response improvement: comparison of the 2010 Haiti earthquake-related diagnoses with baseline medical data.European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine · 2017Article
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16 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIn 2003, the Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (WADEM) published guidelines for evaluation and research on health disaster management and recommended the development of a uniform data reporting tool. Standardized and complete reporting of data related to disaster medical response activities will facilitate the interpretation of results, comparisons between medical response systems and quality improvement in the management of disaster victims.
methodsOver a two-year period, a group of 16 experts in the fields of research, education, ethics and operational aspects of disaster medical management from 8 countries carried out a consensus process based on a modified Delphi method and Utstein-style technique.
resultsThe EMDM Academy Consensus Group produced an Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute disaster medical response, including 15 data elements with indicators, that can be used for both research and quality improvement.
conclusionIt is anticipated that the Utstein-style template will enable better and more accurate completion of reports on disaster medical response and contribute to further scientific evidence and knowledge related to disaster medical management in order to optimize medical response system interventions and to improve outcomes of disaster victims.
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