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Mapping the use of simulation in prehospital care: a literature review.
Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1641-6321
Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper.
Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9363-5667
2014 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, E-ISSN 1757-7241, Vol. 22, no 22, p. 12-Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background:

High energy trauma is rare and, as a result, training of prehospital care providers often takes place during the real situation, with the patient as the object for the learning process. Such training could instead be carried out in the context of simulation, out of danger for both patients and personnel. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the development and foci of research on simulation in prehospital care practice.

Methods:

An integrative literature review were used. Articles based on quantitative as well as qualitative research methods were included, resulting in a comprehensive overview of existing published research. For published articles to be included in the review, the focus of the article had to be prehospital care providers, in prehospital settings. Furthermore, included articles must target interventions that were carried out in a simulation context.

Results:

The volume of published research is distributed between 1984-2012 and across the regions North America, Europe, Oceania, Asia and Middle East. The simulation methods used were manikins, films, images or paper, live actors, animals and virtual reality. The staff categories focused upon were paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), medical doctors (MDs), nurse and fire fighters. The main topics of published research on simulation with prehospital care providers included: Intubation, Trauma care, Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Ventilation and Triage.

Conclusion:

Simulation were described as a positive training and education method for prehospital medical staff. It provides opportunities to train assessment, treatment and implementation of procedures and devices under realistic conditions. It is crucial that the staff are familiar with and trained on the identified topics, i.e., intubation, trauma care, CPR, ventilation and triage, which all, to a very large degree, constitute prehospital care. Simulation plays an integral role in this. The current state of prehospital care, which this review reveals, includes inadequate skills of prehospital staff regarding ventilation and CPR, on both children and adults, the lack of skills in paediatric resuscitation and the lack of knowledge in assessing and managing burns victims. These circumstances suggest critical areas for further training and research, at both local and global levels.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
BioMed Central , 2014. Vol. 22, no 22, p. 12-
Keywords [en]
Simulation, Prehospital, Systematic literature review
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-37693DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-22ISI: 000334795700001PubMedID: 24678868OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-37693DiVA, id: diva2:1150822
Available from: 2014-09-15 Created: 2017-10-20 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Simulering som lärande inom prehospital akutsjukvård
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Simulering som lärande inom prehospital akutsjukvård
2017 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Alternative title[en]
Simulation as learning in prehospital emergency care
Abstract [sv]

Den prehospitala akutsjukvården är ett komplext kunskapsfält som innebär att vårdaren skall kunna bemöta patient och närstående, bedöma skada, sjukdom och den aktuella situationen samt avgöra vilka vårdåtgärder som skall prioriteras.

Patientens lidande kan lindras genom att vårdaren tränar färdigheter i ett prehospitalt kontext. Detta främjar en god och säker vård samt stärker patientens möjligheter till överlevnad.

Resultatet visar på behovet av simulering inom prehospital akutsjukvård. Med simulering lär sig vårdaren att hantera realistiska, dynamiska och komplexa vårdsituationer, vilket skapar kunskaper, färdigheter och erfarenheter av omhändertagande av patient drabbad av högenergitrauma. Simuleringens utformning och miljö skapar förutsättningar för lärandet vilket framkommer i interventionsstudien.

Utifrån resultatet i föreliggande forskning utvecklas en modell för lärande med hjälp av simulering.

Abstract [en]

The overall aim of the research was to deepen the understanding of learning through simulation in prehospital emergency care.

Method: In this research, qualitative and quantitative methods are used as well as integrative literature studies (I, II). Qualitative data from the interview studies (III, V) were analyzed by phenomenographic methodology. Quantitative data from the intervention study (IV) were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.

Results: Research on simulation and learning within the prehospital trauma care context is relatively rare (I). Simulation of realistic scenarios where the caregivers are exposed to stress contributes to strengthen caregiver knowledge, skills and experience (II). Caregivers request simulation opportunities regarding critical and emergency situations (III). They describe that learning through regular simulation provides in-depth knowledge and skills in the care of a patient exposed to high-energy trauma (V). Interventions with repeated simulation opportunities related to the care of the patient exposed to high-energy trauma give some improvement in care provided at the site of the accident (IV).

Conclusion: Through simulation, the caregivers develop knowledge and skills and receive enhanced confidence in the care of an injured and sick patient. The research suggests several areas with potential for improvement with regard to the care of patients exposed to high-energy trauma. A model has been developed for systematic trauma simulation.

 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2017. p. 123
Keywords
simulation, learning, nurse, high-energy trauma, ambulance, simulering, lärande, sjuksköterska, högenergitrauma, ambulans
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Nursing Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-37761 (URN)978-91-7063-765-0 (ISBN)978-91-7063-766-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2017-05-12, 1A305, Lagerlöfsalen, Universitetsgatan 2, 10:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2017-10-20 Created: 2017-10-20 Last updated: 2017-10-20Bibliographically approved

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