Search for dissertations about: "Emergency work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the words Emergency work.

  2. 1. Emergency visualized : exploring visual technology for paramedic-physician collaboration in emergency care

    Author : Hanna Maurin Söderholm; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; 3D video; emergency care; e-health; paramedic; collaboration; collaborative work; computer supported cooperative work; CSCW; information ecology; information practice; pre-hospital care; sociotechnical; telemedicine; telepresence; video communication; visual technology; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of visual information and communication technologies (ICTs) for collaboration in emergency care. The thesis consists of four studies exploring future technology, 3D telepresence technology for medical consultation (3DMC), from several different methodological and analytical perspectives. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Ambulance Work : Relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes

    Author : Ulrika Aasa; Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : ambulance; autonomic reactivity; body size; cortisol; demand-control-support; emergency personnel; fitness; gender; heart rate variability; low-back pain; neck-shoulder pain; occupational; physical capacity; work simulated test; worry; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and other health complaints are an occupational problem for ambulance personnel, there is a lack of knowledge regarding work-related factors associated with MSDs and other health complaints. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationships between occupational demands, individual characteristics and health-related outcomes among ambulance personnel. READ MORE

  6. 4. Secure emergency communications of emergency responders : a case study of Kemi municipality in Finland

    Author : Heidi Hartikainen; Erik Borglund; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emergency management; information security; emergency response; emergency communications; secure communications; Data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Science;

    Abstract : Emergency response is highly time-critical and information dependent: every moment counts and organizations need to access various information that supports their decision making and informs them about the scale and location of the emergency, the damages, and the availability of human and physical resources. This kind information can originate from many different places and the situation can be stressful as there is a need to communicate quickly, reliably and accurately within their own organization, but also inter-organizationally. READ MORE

  7. 5. Users' agencies : juxtaposing public portrayals and users' accounts of app-mediated cardiac arrest volunteer work in Sweden

    Author : Malgorzata Ryczer-Dumas; Catherine Le Galès; Alf Westelius; Anita Mirijamdotter; Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health and medical mobile app; Cardiac-Arrest assistance app; Lifesaving app; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Pre-Hospital emergency; Out-Of-Hospital cardiac arrest; On-Call volunteering work; Use; Users; Discourse; Co-Construction; Practices; Affective engagement; Emotion work; App dependency; App demands;

    Abstract : This thesis embraces a social science research perspective to examine uses of the app SMSlivräddare (eng. SMSlifesaving), now Heartrunner, dedicated to alert volunteers nearby to assist people suspected to suffer from a cardiac arrest outside hospital. READ MORE