Trials and tribulations: how we established a major incident database
Open Access
- 25 January 2017
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 25 (1), 1-3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-017-0351-7
Abstract
We describe the process of setting up a database of major incident reports and its potential future application. A template for reporting on major incidents was developed using a consensus-based process involving a team of experts in the field. A website was set up as a platform from which to launch the template and as a database of submitted reports. This paper describes the processes involved in setting up a major incident reporting database. It describes how specific difficulties have been overcome and anticipates challenges for the future. We have successfully set up a major incident database, the main purpose of which is to have a repository of standardised major incident reports that can be analysed and compared in order to learn from them.Keywords
Funding Information
- The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation
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