Search for dissertations about: "triage decision making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words triage decision making.

2. 1. Registered nurse-led emergency department triage : organisation, allocation of acuity ratings and triage decision making

   Author : Katarina Göransson; Anna Ehrenberg; Margareta Ehnfors; Gun Nordström; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accuracy; Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale; concordance; decision making; emergency department; patient scenarios; registered nurses; survey; think aloud; triage; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : Successful triage is the basis for sound emergency department (ED) care, whereas unsuccessful triage could result in adverse outcomes. ED triage is a rather unexplored area in the Swedish health care system. This thesis contributes to our understanding of this complex nursing task. READ MORE

4. 2. Routes, Routines and Emotions in Decision Making of Emergency Call Takers

   Author : Martin Svensson; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emotion; routines; decision making;

   Abstract : Emergency call takers listen to callers expressing mundane errands, but also to callers who describe severe accidents, agony and deaths. The emergency setting is further complicated by having to perform triage under time-pressure, but without possibilities of seeing the patient. READ MORE

5. 3. Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to whiplash trauma

   Author : Artur Tenenbaum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Whiplash; WAD; Pre-hospital triage; Medical decision-making; Clinical decisions;

   Abstract : Classification, care-seeking behaviour and pre-hospital triage of patients exposed to a whiplash trauma Artur Tenenbaum Avdelning för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, Institutionen för medicin, Sahlgrenska akademin, Göteborgs universitet, Sverige. Abstract Knowledge about the optimal first acute care level and classification after exposure to a whiplash trauma is important for the injured individual and for the healthcare system. READ MORE

6. 4. Strategic Decision Support for Software Intensive Product Management

   Author : Mahvish Khurum; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Context: At the core of choosing what features and level of quality to realize, and thus offer a market or customer, rests on the ability to take decisions. Decision-making is complicated by heterogeneous understanding of issues such as priority, implication of realization, and interpretations of strategy as pertaining to the short- and long-term development of software intensive systems. READ MORE

7. 5. Evaluation of medical response in disaster preparedness : with special reference to full-scale exercises

   Author : Monica Rådestad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Air crash;

   Abstract : Background: Disaster exercises and simulations serves as teaching and training tool for improving medical response in disaster preparedness. Rapid and effective medical response in major incidents is known as a “key phase” to optimise resources, and this requires that management systems have an “all hazards” approach. READ MORE