Search for dissertations about: "Emergency response"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 108 swedish dissertations containing the words Emergency response.

2. 6. Improving emergency and disaster response management performance : A problem-solving perspective

   Author : Tove Frykmer; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; emergency; disaster; response management performance; problem solving; collective;

   Abstract : The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to investigate how collective emergency and disaster response management performance can be further improved. Based on four studies, this research contributes with knowledge in two areas.First, collective processes that might improve response management are investigated. READ MORE

4. 7. Analytic Input to Societal Emergency Management - On the Design of Methods

   Author : Marcus Abrahamsson; Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering (LUCRAM); []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; emergency preparedness; emergency management; emergency response system; design; vulnerability analysis; risk analysis; preferences; values; evaluation.;

   Abstract : Information from performed risk and vulnerability analyses, evaluation of responses in relation to actual emergencies etcetera can be very useful in efforts directed at preventing, mitigating and/or preparing for future emergencies. This thesis focuses on the development of methods for such analysis and evaluation. READ MORE

5. 8. Managing Medical Emergency Calls

   Author : Karl Hedman; Vesa Leppänen; Jakob Cromdal; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conversation Analysis; emergency call operator; emotion management; instruction giving; medical emergency calls; nurse; physician; questioning; risk management; Swedish; Conversation Analysis; emergency call operator; emotion management; instruction giving; medical emergency calls; nurse; physician; questioning; risk management; Swedish;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a conversation analytic examination of recurrent practices of interaction in medicalemergency calls. The study expands the analytical focus in past research on emergency calls betweenemergency call operators and callers to pre-hospital emergency care interaction on the phone betweennurses, physicians and callers. READ MORE

6. 9. Behind the Charts - Exploring Conditions for High Level Emergency Response Management in a Complex Environment

   Author : Christian Uhr; Avdelningen för Brandteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; krishantering; ledning; trust; social networkanalysis; complex adaptive systems; emergency response management; crisis management; emergency management; disaster management; respons; responssystem; ledningssystem; nätverk; förtroende;

   Abstract : The thesis uses, as a starting point for a discussion of emergency response management, the problem of gradual coordinated adaptation of management functions in relation to an event and its dynamics. Empirical observations and analyses carried out in the research project show that important problemsolving processes not included in, and sometimes diverging from, planning and preparations frequently occur. READ MORE

7. 10. Disaster response and preparedness : Focus on hospital incident command groups and emergency department registered nurses

   Author : Jason Murphy; Anders Rüter; Lisa Kurland; Monica Rådestad; Ahmadreza Djalali; Birgitta Wireklint Sundström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sophiahemmet Högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Background: While disasters per definition are rare, incidents that cause mass casualties that threaten to overwhelm its limited resources are an ever-present risk. Disaster medicine is a specific discipline of medicine dedicated to providing adequate health care to patients of major incidents through the development of preventive-, preparedness-, response and recovery interventions. READ MORE