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Scand J Trauma Resus · Jan 2017
Trials and tribulations: how we established a major incident database.
- S E J Hardy and S Fattah.
- Emergency Medicine Department, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, England. sophiehardy50@doctors.org.uk.
- Scand J Trauma Resus. 2017 Jan 25; 25 (1): 7.
ObjectiveWe describe the process of setting up a database of major incident reports and its potential future application.MethodA template for reporting on major incidents was developed using a consensus-based process involving a team of experts in the field. A website was set up as a platform from which to launch the template and as a database of submitted reports. This paper describes the processes involved in setting up a major incident reporting database. It describes how specific difficulties have been overcome and anticipates challenges for the future.ConclusionsWe have successfully set up a major incident database, the main purpose of which is to have a repository of standardised major incident reports that can be analysed and compared in order to learn from them.
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