Applying human factors design principles for improving the development and deployment of paramedic response bags

由于护理学科相对较新，护理人员的操作方式仍基于 从医院环境中继承下来的做法。不幸的是，这些做法并不总是得到修改， 适应护理人员工作的独特环境，其后果可能最终影响 医护人员和病人的健康和安全 消防技术制造的兰利，不列颠哥伦比亚省定制制造高度耐用的紧急和创伤袋， 北美各地的医护人员然而，其包袋的实际设计是由客户驱动的，结果是 最好的产品并不总是能得到的。除了非常庞大之外，目前使用的响应 包装袋既没有分隔，也没有明确的标签，因此阻碍了快速获取设备， 药物和液体之间的潜在混淆。这可能会对患者造成重大伤害， 药物选择不准确。尽量减少此类错误，特别是在极端时间下操作时 工作压力，工作环境必须是一致的和有组织的。 拟议项目的目标是研究目前的护理实践和建议潜在的新设计 对于Firetech制造的护理人员反应袋，这些变化最终应该改善患者的 安全性和降低潜在风险。使用完善的人因设计和评估技术，我们 将研究护理人员使用应急袋时的行为，并利用研究结果提出建议， 新颖的反应袋设计，以提高护理人员的准确性和增加病人的安全。我们的目标 预期与Firetech的长期合作关系是建立一个合理的研发方法， 北美各地护理人员服务的不同需求，用于定义应急包的规格 他们打算部署的武器这也可能导致建立行业标准， 目前严重缺乏，这经常阻碍人员和程序的交流， 不同的EMS组织。

Because the discipline of paramedicine is relatively new, much of how paramedics operate is still based on practices inherited from hospital settings. Unfortunately those practices have not always been modified to accommodate the unique environment in which paramedics work, with consequences that can ultimately affect the health and safety of both paramedics and their patients. Firetech Manufacturing of Langley, BC custom fabricates highly durable emergency and trauma bags for paramedics across North America. The actual designing of its bags is customer driven, however, with the result that the best possible products are not always acquired. In addition to being very bulky, presently used response bags are neither compartmentalised nor clearly labelled, thus impeding rapid access to equipment and leading to potential confusion among drugs and fluids. This can result in significant harm to patients whenever medications are selected inaccurately. To minimise such errors, especially when operating under extreme time pressure, the working environment must be consistent and well organised. The goal of the proposed project is to study current paramedic practices and recommend potential new designs for the paramedic response bags that Firetech manufactures, changes that should ultimately improve patient safety and mitigate potential risk. Using well established human factors design and evaluation techniques, we will study paramedics' behaviours when utilising response bags and use the results of the study to propose novel response bag designs, to improve paramedic accuracy and increase patient safety. The goal of our anticipated long-term relationship with Firetech is to establish a rational R&D methodology, incorporating the diverse needs of paramedic services across North America, for defining the specifications for the response bags that they intend to deploy. This may also lead to the establishment of standards for the industry, something that is presently sorely lacking and which frequently impedes the interchange of personnel and procedures across different EMS organisations.