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dc.contributor.authorDragset, Erik
dc.contributor.authorBlix, Sigurd Wisborg
dc.contributor.authorMelau, Jørgen
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLund-Kordahl, Inger
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-16T11:28:39Z
dc.date.available2024-02-16T11:28:39Z
dc.date.created2023-06-15T13:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.issn1935-7893
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3118143
dc.description.abstractBackground: The aim of this study was to train and assess firefighters’ skill attainment in the use of tourniquets, and to assess their skill retention after 3 mo. The purpose is to show if firefighters can successfully apply a tourniquet after a short course based on the Norwegian national recommendation for civil prehospital tourniquet use. Methods: This is a prospective experimental study. The study population were firefighters, and the inclusion criterion was any on-duty firefighter. The first phase consisted of baseline precourse testing (T1), a 45-min course, followed by immediate retesting (T2). The second phase consisted of retesting of skill retention after 3 mo (T3). Results: A total of 109 participants at T1, 105 at T2, and 62 participants at T3. The firefighters achieved a higher proportion of successful tourniquet applications at T2 (91.4%; 96 of 105) as well as T3 (87.1%; 54 of 62) compared with 50.5% at T1 (55 of 109) (P = 0.009). Mean application time was 59.6 s (55.1-64.2) in T1, 34.9 s (33.3-36.6) in T2 and 37.7 s (33.9-41.4) in T3. Conclusion: A sample of firefighters can successfully apply a tourniquet after a 45-min course based on the 2019 Norwegian recommendation for civil prehospital tourniquet use. Skill retention after 3 mo was satisfactory for both successful application and application time.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssessing Firefighters' Tourniquet Skill Attainment and Retention: A Controlled Simulation-Based Experimenten_US
dc.title.alternativeAssessing Firefighters' Tourniquet Skill Attainment and Retention: A Controlled Simulation-Based Experimenten_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.volume17en_US
dc.source.journalDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparednessen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/dmp.2023.68
dc.identifier.cristin2154901
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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