听Society has limited resources for dealing with illnesses, accidents, crises and other events that cause harm and suffering. Therefore, in close collaboration with the emergency response and healthcare sectors, we develop methods, needs and requirements analyses, models, decision support and knowledge about how resources can be used most effectively. We often combine qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including case studies, action research, optimisation, simulation, and statistical and geographical analysis. Much of the work is carried out within CARER (Centrum f枚r forskning inom respons- och r盲ddningssystem).
Examples of the questions we address include where emergency response resources should be located, which resources should be dispatched when a particular accident occurs, how new types of resources (such as volunteers) can be integrated with professional resources, how rescue, response and healthcare should be organised, what digital support is needed, how hospital wards should be planned, and how resource management can be analysed.
Selected projects
- Volunteers and semi-professional resources: how can they work together to contribute to a more resilient society?
- Different types of volunteer resources
- Simulator for managing mass-casualty incidents
- Data-driven methods for the effective use and sharing of drones in emergency response (DAMCER)
- Improving volunteer response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using mobile automated external defibrillators
Read more about the projects on the CARER's website.
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Collaborations
The research is conducted together with end users and decision-makers such as emergency communication centres, fire and rescue services, ambulance services, municipalities, regions, government agencies, volunteer organisations and industry. We collaborate closely with the Centre for Disaster Medicine (KMC), as well as with other national and international universities and research institutes, including the University of Agder, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Hanken School of Economics and the University of Twente. We also lead the network within Campus Total Defence.
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Funders
Some of our current and previous funders include the Swedish Civil Defence Agency (MCF), Vinnova, SOS Alarm, Carmenta and Norrk枚ping Municipality.
