Search for dissertations about: "Emergency services"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 122 swedish dissertations containing the words Emergency services.

  1. 1. In case of emergency : Collaboration exercises at the boundaries between emergency service organizations

    Author : Annika Andersson; Berner Lindström; Eric Carlström; Hans Rystedt; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Exercise; Collaboration; Emergency preparedness; Emergency work; Police; Ambulance; Rescue service; Learning; Boundaries; Arbetsintegrerat lärande; Work Integrated Learning; Pedagogik; Pedagogics;

    Abstract : Due to the emergent and dynamic nature of incidents, the complexity of emergency work is often referred to as a challenge for learning. Another recurrent challenge in emergency work is that of collaboration at and across established organizational boundaries involving actors with specific types of expertise who are operating under different regulations and responsibilities. READ MORE

  2. 2. Where are the people in emergency service planning? : Assessing the geography and equity of access to emergency services in Sweden

    Author : Jacob Hassler; Vania Ceccato; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Jonathan Corcoran; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emergency services; spatial analysis; equity; accessibility; blåljustjänster; rumslig analys; jämlikhet; tillgänglighet; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

    Abstract : Providing high-quality health care to everyone who needs it is a central objective of the Swedish healthcare system. One way in which this goal is broadly pursued is by allocating resources that maximize the geographical coverage of ambulances, aimed at reducing ambulance respons times as much as possible, for as many as possible. READ MORE

  3. 3. Organizing Language Interpreting Services in Elderly and Emergency Healthcare

    Author : Christina Lundin; Katarina Hjelm; Emina Hadziabdic; Ali M. Ahmed; Maria Jirwe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Communication; Emergency healthcare; Elderly healthcare; Interpreting practices; Organizing; Qualitative methods; Transcultural nursing.;

    Abstract : With an increasing migrant population there is a growing need to organize interpreting practices in healthcare in order to deliver equitable high-quality care.This thesis focuses on healthcare institutions’ organization of interpreting services. READ MORE

  4. 4. Modifiers of patients' emergency department care-seeking behavior

    Author : Martin Nordberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Emergency services;

    Abstract : Background: Inflow of patients to the emergency departments (ED) is increasing in many parts of the world, including Sweden. At the same time the number of EDs are decreasing. In addition to this, ED inflow is volatile. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Negotiation of Urgency: Economies of Attention in an Italian Emergency Room

    Author : Mirko Pasquini; Don Kulick; Claudia Merli; Alice Street; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medicinsk antropologi; Akutvård; Förtroende; Omvårdnad; Trust; Emergency medical services; Medical anthropology; Nursing; Italien; Triage; Medical anthropology; Urgency; Italy; Emergency Care; Care; Attention; Chronicity; Violence; Mistrust; Triage; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : Urgency in a hospital Emergency Room (ER) is not a self-evident state. Urgency is made, by establishing priorities, distributing attention and material resources, and deciding who and what needs to be attended to first – and, simultaneously, who and what has to wait. READ MORE