Biology and Medicine

Department of Medical Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Use of Information and Communication Technology between Emergency Medical Teams in Emergency Situations: A Systematic Review
  Author(s): Kevin Gormley, Badryah Alshehri*, Karen McCutcheon and Gillian Prue
  
  Following an emergency incident, critically injured patients are often treated by multiple healthcare professionals from Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) over a short period of time. The process of transportation from the site of an incident to definitive health care therefore depends on coordination and information-sharing which is reliant on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ICT is essential to ensure the necessary organizational responses to emergency situations by facilitating information-sharing, sustained coordination and collaboration to protect and save the injured. This literature review provides a broad overview which can facilitate an understanding of the experiences between EMTs in emergencies using ICT by systematically finding, reviewing, assessing and synthesizing current evidence. A systematic search guided by PRISMA was performed using relevant .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/0974-8369.22.14.496

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