%0 Journal Article %T Two validated ways of improving the ability of decision-making in emergencies: results from a literature review %J Bulletin of emergency and trauma %D 2016 %A Khorram-Manesh, Amir %A Berlin, Johan %A Carlström, Eric %V 4 %N 4 %P 186-196 %X 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.

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%G en %I Trauma Reseach Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences %@ 2322-2522 %U http://dx.doi.org/