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. 2012 Mar 23:4:e4f6cf3e8df15a.
doi: 10.1371/4f6cf3e8df15a.

Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute medical response in disasters

Michel Debacker  1 , Ives Hubloue, Erwin Dhondt, Gerald Rockenschaub, Anders Rüter, Tudor Codreanu, Kristi L Koenig, Carl Schultz, Kobi Peleg, Pinchas Halpern, Samuel Stratton, Francesco Della Corte, Herman Delooz, Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Davide Colombo, Maaret Castrèn
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Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute medical response in disasters

Michel Debacker et al. PLoS Curr. .

Abstract

Background: In 2003, the Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (WADEM) published guidelines for evaluation and research on health disaster management and recommended the development of a uniform data reporting tool. Standardized and complete reporting of data related to disaster medical response activities will facilitate the interpretation of results, comparisons between medical response systems and quality improvement in the management of disaster victims.

Methods: Over a two-year period, a group of 16 experts in the fields of research, education, ethics and operational aspects of disaster medical management from 8 countries carried out a consensus process based on a modified Delphi method and Utstein-style technique.

Results: The EMDM Academy Consensus Group produced an Utstein-style template for uniform data reporting of acute disaster medical response, including 15 data elements with indicators, that can be used for both research and quality improvement.

Conclusion: It is anticipated that the Utstein-style template will enable better and more accurate completion of reports on disaster medical response and contribute to further scientific evidence and knowledge related to disaster medical management in order to optimize medical response system interventions and to improve outcomes of disaster victims.

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Table 1. Disaster Acute Medical Response data elements and indicators
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