Table 1 Information sources, search strategy, and inclusion/exclusion criteria
From: Cognitive skills of emergency medical services crew members: a literature review
Information sources | ||
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Searching electronic databases | Scopus, Web of Science (Core Collection), Science Direct, EBSCO (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Complete), and ProQuest Central (Health and Medical Collection, Nursing and Allied Health Database, Psychology Database, Research Library, Science Database) | |
Hand-searching | Reference lists of relevant reviews and included articles, and personal collection of articles | |
Search strategy | ||
Non-technical cognitive skills | ("non-technical" OR "nontechnical” OR "human factor*" OR "crew resource management" OR "crisis resource management" OR "competenc*" OR "skill" OR "skills" OR "situation awareness" OR "situational awareness" OR "situation assessment" OR "situational assessment" OR "sensemaking" OR "sense-making" OR "decision making" OR "decision-making") AND | |
EMS crew members | ("emergency medical service*" OR "paramedic*" OR "ambulance*" OR "prehospital" OR "pre-hospital" OR "out of hospital" OR "out-of-hospital" OR "emergency technician*" OR "emergency practitioner*" OR "emergency medical technician*" OR "emergency care practitioner*") | |
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
Language | Articles written in English | Articles not written in English |
Publication type | Peer-reviewed research articles, review articles, and conference articles | Book chapters, editorials, abstracts, commentaries, letters, gray literature |
Population | Articles containing data relevant to various EMS ambulance members, such as paramedics, physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, emergency care practitioners, providing prehospital emergency care | Articles containing data relevant only to EMS students, trainees, drivers, pilots, trainers, teachers, supervisors, managers, and professionals providing tactical, wilderness or hospital care |
Topic | Articles containing data relevant to non-technical cognitive skills of situation awareness and decision making | Articles containing data relevant to technical skills and very specific medical cases. |
Outcome | Articles containing data about important aspects and markers of good situation awareness and decision making | Articles containing data only about the importance of situation awareness and decision making, non-technical skills levels after some interventions, association between non-technical skills and other variables, and about all human, situational, and organizational factors influencing performance. |