title: Experience With a Novel, Global, Open-Access Template for Major Incidents: Qualitative Feasibility Study.
abstract: The transfer of experiences gained after prehospital medical responses to major incidents has largely been nonsystematic, and better-structured reporting methods have been advocated. A consensus-based template was recently created and implemented as an open-access website. This qualitative study assessed the feasibility of using the template and reporting site.
  
  
  
  Informants who had used or who had been asked to use the template were interviewed. The semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the transcripts were analyzed by using an inductive approach based on grounded theory methodology.
  
  
  
  The major theme identified was a need for "defining purpose" as explained by the minor themes "relevance," "scope," "resources," and "usefulness." Informants reported that the template content needed to be revised and that the scope and rationale behind each question should be conveyed to the user. Resources necessary for reporting and clarity regarding the aim and outcome also need to be communicated to users and policy-makers. The interface between informants and the template is critical.
  
  
  
  Informants considered the template and website useful but reported that the workload exceeded their expectations. Despite pilot testing of the template before implementation, early revision of the template is recommended. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:403-406).
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Research and Development,Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation,Drøbak,Norway.
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fattah
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Clinical Medicine,University of Tromsø,Tromsø,Norway.
authors.forename: Kari Milch
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Agledahl
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Research and Development,Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation,Drøbak,Norway.
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rehn
authors.affiliation: 2Anaesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences,University of Tromsø,Tromsø,Norway.
authors.forename: Torben
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wisborg
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D057189:Checklist / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002677:Chile; D032921:Consensus; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000639:trends*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D036301:Qualitative Research; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: emergency medicine; feasibility study; major incident; systematic reporting