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NIGHTINGALE Hosts Its 1st International Workshop on Prehospital Tools in Mass Casualty Incidents

4 June 2024

On Friday, 7 June NIGHTINGALE will host its 1st International Workshop on Prehospital Tools in Mass Casualty Incidents.

The workshop examines the NIGHTINGALE Core Objectives through interactive sessions with input from leading experts aiming to realise usefulness, benefits and challenges.

The workshop is organised by MRMID Association, and can be attended remotely on Friday 7 June 2024, 14:00-18:15 CEST.

Expert attendance includes Philip Cowburn from the NHS and Lee Wallis from WHO.

Agenda

13:30 – 14:00 Registration

14:00 – 14:10 Welcome and Aims of the Workshop

14:10 – 15:00 The Prehospital Toolbox for Mass Casualty Incidents

In the eyes and hands of First Responders

The NIGHTINGALE project aims to bring new useful tools and methods for handling mass casualty incidents. In this first session we will discuss baseline physical tools and an overview of the tools developed by the project.
– Physical tools currently in use (outside of NIGHTINGALE).
– Physical tools inside of NIGHTINGALE.
– What tools are still missing?

15:00 – 15:10 Break

15:10 – 16:00 Triage Tools

The use of knowledge, experience and sheets of paper vs. Hardware and Software. Clinical Experience vs Digital Support.
– What are the algorithms we use ourselves and which do we feed to the devices?
– Philip Cowburn, NHS: Learnings from developing NHS new Triage tools: Ten Second Triage and Major Incident Triage Tools
– Trusting Devices – Lessons from the NIGHTINGALE Project

16:00 – 16:10 Break

16:10 – 17:00 Tools for optimization of Prehospital Life Support and Damage Control

Teaching technology and AI Assistance -Local, Regional, National and International Guidelines and Systems
– Lee Wallis, WHO: WHO Guide Mass Casualty Preparedness and Response in Emergency Units
– Practical use of the NHS Guidelines for Mass Casualty Incidents
– Knowledge through courses and surge capacity tests is as powerful as guidelines. Bringing AI to simulations, exercises and courses. Lessons from MRMI and MACSIM.      
17:00 – 17:15 Break

17:15 – 17:45 Tools for Shared Response by Augmented Reality

Discussion on how a shared response needs a common language and joint situational awareness. What Augmented Reality within NIGHTINGALE project has taught us on the path ahead.
– The challenges of optimal communication, protocols, maps, pens and papers.
– The promise of Digital Coordination and Command.

17:45– 18:15 Summary of Statements and Conclusions

Relating learnings back to the statements from the first session about the Prehospital Toolbox.

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Comments (3)

Kia ora,
I live in New Zealand and sadly the time difference makes attending this event in real time inconvenient . Will it be recorded and made available for watching asynchronously?
Many thanks in advance
Malin

Hi Malin, We will be uploading the recording of the 1st International Workshop to our YouTube channel within the next week! Thanks for your interest.

Thank you very much indeed

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