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IT's about more than speed. The impact of IT on the management of mass casualty incidents in Germany
Nils Ellebrecht
Konrad Feldmeier
Stefan Kaufmann
T. Comes, F.F., S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller
In the new millennium new technologies (should) play an ever more prominent role in the management of mass casualty incidents (MCI). Drawing on empirical data from a four-year research project (SOGRO), the article reflects on the impact of information technologies (IT) on the organisation of emergency response and on rescue services against the backdrop of broader organisational shifts and contemporary demands. Because IT strengthens a particular way of MCI management, it is firstly described as expressing and reifying specific considerations of emergency response experts. Secondly, the benefits of an IT-based emergency response are critically reviewed. IT collects and makes available data about the rescue operation. Thus, it makes a formerly blurred rescue operation transparent. Although its operational benefit remains vague for on-scene executives, the visualisation reduces uncertainties among them. Thirdly, the article points out the inherent logics of IT. Its implementation not only satisfies newly evolved information needs, but also increases the control density.
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=473
citekey:NilsEllebrecht_etal2013
citation:Nils Ellebrecht, Konrad Feldmeier, & Stefan Kaufmann. (2013). IT's about more than speed. The impact of IT on the management of mass casualty incidents in Germany. In J. Geldermann and T. Müller S. Fortier F. F. T. Comes (Ed.), ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 391-400). KIT; Baden-Baden: Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie.
2013
ConferencePaper
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Information systems
Information technology
Emergency response
Large-scale exercise
Mass casualty incidents
Operational benefits
Organisational
Organisational change
Rescue operations
Triage
Emergency services
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/ellebrecht/2013/473_Ellebrecht_etal2013.pdf
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie
English
2411-3387
ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2013
391
400
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