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A major fire incident in a Swedish underground mine made the personnel from the mining company and the rescue service realize their limited preparedness. It was the beginning of a collaboration project that included the development of a new exercise model for a more effective joint rescue operation practice. The aim of this study was to explore the collaborative learning process of exercise organizers from the rescue service, mining companies, the emergency medical service, a training company, and academia. The analysis was performed through the application of the theory cycle of expansive learning to the material consisting of documents from 16 collaboration meetings and 11 full-scale exercises. The learning process started by the participants questioning the present practice of the rescue operation and analyzing it by creating a flow chart. An essential part of the process was to model new tools in order to increase the potential for collaboration. The tools were examined and tested during collaboration meetings and implemented during full-scale exercises. The exercise organizers reflected that the process led to organizational development and a better understanding of the other organizations’ perspectives. Consequently, a tentative model for developing the learning process of exercise organizers was developed.
Sofia Karlsson; Britt-Inger Saveman; Magnus Hultin; Annika Eklund; Lina Gyllencreutz. Expansive Learning Process of Exercise Organizers: The Case of Major Fire Incident Exercises in Underground Mines. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5790 .
AMA StyleSofia Karlsson, Britt-Inger Saveman, Magnus Hultin, Annika Eklund, Lina Gyllencreutz. Expansive Learning Process of Exercise Organizers: The Case of Major Fire Incident Exercises in Underground Mines. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (14):5790.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSofia Karlsson; Britt-Inger Saveman; Magnus Hultin; Annika Eklund; Lina Gyllencreutz. 2020. "Expansive Learning Process of Exercise Organizers: The Case of Major Fire Incident Exercises in Underground Mines." Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5790.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine emergency medical service (EMS) personnel’s perceptions and experiences of managing underground mining injury incidents. Design/methodology/approach In total, 13 EMS personnel were interviewed according to a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings An underground mining environment was described as unfamiliar and unsafe and, with no guidelines for operational actions in an extreme environment, such as underground mines, the EMS personnel were uncertain of their role. They therefore became passive and relied on the rescue service and mining company during a major incident. However, the medical care was not considered to be different from any other prehospital care, although a mining environment would make the situation more difficult and it would take longer for the mine workers to be placed under definitive care. Originality/value This study complements earlier studies by examining the EMS personnel’s perceptions and experiences of major incidents.
Sofia Karlsson; Britt-Inger Saveman; Lina Gyllencreutz. The medical perspective on mining incidents. International Journal of Emergency Services 2019, 8, 236 -246.
AMA StyleSofia Karlsson, Britt-Inger Saveman, Lina Gyllencreutz. The medical perspective on mining incidents. International Journal of Emergency Services. 2019; 8 (3):236-246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSofia Karlsson; Britt-Inger Saveman; Lina Gyllencreutz. 2019. "The medical perspective on mining incidents." International Journal of Emergency Services 8, no. 3: 236-246.