Table 1 Overview of reports submitted to majorincidentreporting.org. All full-text reports are freely accessible in full-text at: http://www.majorincidentreporting.org/read.html#.VRuiQ4tx2pp
From: Implementing a template for major incident reporting: experiences from the first year
Reporter | Incident title | Summary | Example of a major lessons learned |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Sollid HEMS physician Norway | Utøya shootings | • 21 July 2011 | • On-going shooting caused delayed access to EMS. Therefore need for a better system for cooperating with police in incidents with on-going shooting. |
• Terrorist attack on youth at a political summer camp on the Island of Utøya. | |||
Dr. Hardy A&E doctor United Kingdom | Sheppey Crossing Bridge Road Traffic Accident | • 5 September 2013 | • Successful triage performed by highly skilled paramedics avoided unnecessary patients being sent to hospital. |
• Road traffic accident involving 150 cars and 200 people occurred on the Sheppey Crossing Bridge in Kent. | |||
Dr. Cortes Picazo. Director of EMS Chile | Prison Fire in Santiago de Chile | • 8 December 2010 | • Avoid overcrowding in prisons. |
• Fire in Prison of San Miguel with 1900 inmates and guards inside. | |||
• Most of the victims died of inhalation of smoke or toxic gases and burns. | |||
Dr. Jama Medical Director of EMS Finland | School shooting in Jokela | • 7 November 2011 | • Need for better communication between EMS and police. EMS was not allowed into the building as the shooter was still inside during the response phase. |
• Student opened fire on school premises and killed eight people. | |||
Dr. Iversen HEMS physician Norway | Buss roll over in Skaidi | • 19 November 2011 | • As a strike of luck the first ambulance on-scene had the same triage system as the HEMS. Since the time this incident occurred a national standard for triage has been implemented in Norway. |
• Buss carrying 23 persons rolled over in Skaidi; a cottage area in mountainous inland of Finnmark County. |