@article{ref1,
title="Acceptability and perceived utility of drone technology among emergency medical service responders and incident commanders for mass casualty incident management",
journal="American journal of disaster medicine",
year="2017",
author="Hart, Alexander and Chai, Peter R. and Griswold, Matthew K. and Lai, Jeffrey T. and Boyer, Edward W. and Broach, John",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="261-265",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to understand the acceptability and perceived utility of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) scene management. <br><br>DESIGN: Qualitative questionnaires regarding the ease of operation, perceived usefulness, and training time to operate UAVs were administered to Emergency Medical Technicians (n = 15). SETTING: A Single Urban New England Academic Tertiary Care Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS: Front-line emergency medical service (EMS) providers and senior EMS personnel in Incident Commander roles. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Data from this pilot study indicate that EMS responders are accepting to deploying and operating UAV technology in a disaster scenario. Additionally, they perceived UAV technology as easy to adopt yet impactful in improving MCI scene management.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-149X",
doi="10.5055/ajdm.2017.0279",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2017.0279"
}