Defining the characteristics of physically demanding winch rescue in helicopter search and rescue operations. (May 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Defining the characteristics of physically demanding winch rescue in helicopter search and rescue operations. (May 2021)
- Main Title:
- Defining the characteristics of physically demanding winch rescue in helicopter search and rescue operations
- Authors:
- Meadley, Ben
Bowles, Kelly-Ann
Smith, Karen
Perraton, Luke
Caldwell, Joanne - Abstract:
- Abstract: Helicopter emergency medical service search and rescue (HEMS SAR) paramedics perform physically demanding winch rescues. Rescue organisations require valid physical employment standards (PES) to ensure personnel can adequately perform duties. There are no studies describing validated PES for HEMS SAR. We convened a subject matter expert (SME) focus group to review historical case data and generate task descriptions for land and water winch rescue as the basis for development of task simulations to assess physiological workload. Sixteen helicopter rescue paramedics with a mean age of 47 (range, 36–52) years and 8 (2–20) years' experience in helicopter rescue participated in a SME focus group. When provided with data from historical cases, SMEs achieved consensus (≥80%) when generating descriptions of winch rescue. This method may be useful to develop simulations for assessment of physiological demands of winch rescue and similar tasks, and to enhance validity and reliability of PES for rescue organisations. Highlights: Helicopter search and rescue teams undertake high-risk winch rescues. Valid physical employment standards for this group are needed. Subject matter experts in focus groups can reliably be used to define tasks. The use of detailed data from operational rescues aids accurate task definition. Accurate task definition may aid development of reliable physical standards.
- Is Part Of:
- Applied ergonomics. Volume 93(2021)
- Journal:
- Applied ergonomics
- Issue:
- Volume 93(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 93, Issue 2021 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 2021
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0093-2021-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2021-05
- Subjects:
- Physical employment standards -- Rescue -- Paramedics
AV Ambulance Victoria -- ePCR electronic Patient Care Record -- HEMS Helicopter Emergency Medical Service -- ICFP Intensive Care Flight Paramedic -- PES Physical employment standards -- SAR Search and Rescue -- SME Subject Matter Expert
Human engineering -- Periodicals
620.82 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103375 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0003-6870
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- Legaldeposit
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