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Non-technical skills needed by medical disaster responders: a scoping review
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Department of Emergency Care, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2794-5026
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Department of Emergency Care, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3290-4111
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0534-4593
2024 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, E-ISSN 1757-7241, Vol. 32, no 1, article id 25Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: There is no universal agreement on what competence in disaster medicine is, nor what competences and personal attributes add value for disaster responders. Some studies suggest that disaster responders need not only technical skills but also non-technical skills. Consensus of which non-technical skills are needed and how training for these can be provided is lacking, and little is known about how to apply knowledge of non-technical skills in the recruitment of disaster responders. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to identify the non-technical skills required for the disaster medicine response.

Method: A scooping review using the Arksey & O´Malley framework was performed. Structured searches in the databases PuBMed, CINAHL Full Plus, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Scopus was conducted. Thereafter, data were structured and analyzed.

Results: From an initial search result of 6447 articles, 34 articles were included in the study. These covered both quantitative and qualitative studies and different contexts, including real events and training. The most often studied real event were responses following earthquakes. Four non-technical skills stood out as most frequently mentioned: communication skills; situational awareness; knowledge of human resources and organization and coordination skills; decision-making, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The review also showed a significant lack of uniform use of terms like skills or competence in the reviewed articles.

Conclusion: Non-technical skills are skills that disaster responders need. Which non-technical skills are most needed, how to train and measure non-technical skills, and how to implement non-technical skills in disaster medicine need further studies.

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BioMed Central (BMC), 2024. Vol. 32, no 1, article id 25
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Competence, Disaster, Disaster responders, Non-technical skills
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-112784DOI: 10.1186/s13049-024-01197-yISI: 001196965800001PubMedID: 38566146Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85189203105OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-112784DiVA, id: diva2:1848367
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Örebro UniversityAvailable from: 2024-04-03 Created: 2024-04-03 Last updated: 2024-04-15Bibliographically approved

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