Citation

Khorram-Manesh A, Berlin J, Carlström E. Bull. Emerg. Trauma 2016; 4(4): 186-196.

Affiliation

Department of Health and crisis management and policy, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Trauma Reseach Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

27878123

Abstract

The aim of the current review wasto study the existing knowledge about decision-making and to identify and describe validated training tools.A comprehensive literature review was conducted by using the following keywords: decision-making, emergencies, disasters, crisis management, training, exercises, simulation, validated, real-time, command and control, communication, collaboration, and multi-disciplinary in combination or as an isolated word. Two validated training systems developed in Sweden, 3 level collaboration (3LC) and MacSim, were identified and studied in light of the literature review in order to identify how decision-making can be trained. The training models fulfilled six of the eight identified characteristics of training for decision-making.Based on the results, these training models contained methods suitable to train for decision-making.

Language: en