Nils Ellebrecht, Konrad Feldmeier, and Stefan Kaufmann on "The Impact of IT on the Management of Mass Casualty Incidents in Germany" at ISCRAM 2013 in Baden-Baden. 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management 12-15 May 2013, Baden-Baden, Germany

1. IT’s about more than speed
The impact of IT on the management of
mass casualty incidents in Germany
Nils Ellebrecht, Konrad Feldmeier, Stefan Kaufmann, Baden-Baden, 5/14/2013

2. Line of argument
SOGRO Information System (IS)…
…is a success, because the technology speeds up the
rescue operation
1. …supports and fosters organizational changes (which
lead to a faster rescue operation; which can also be
established without the IS)
2. …is mainly a technology of control
- reduces uncertainty (but didn´t lead to „better informed“ /
„better“ operational decisions)
- increases the density of control
- satisfies new informational needs (from outside)
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SOGRO Information System

4. Reconfiguring MCI management
 Supports another role concept
• from physician to paramedic triage (more competencies)
 Supports another rescue strategy
• from „stay and play“ to „scoop and run“
⇒ rather these organisational shifts speed up the rescue
process
⇒ SOGRO IS reifies recently emerged structures
⇒ SOGRO IS expresses specific, controversial convictions in
the field of MCI management and supports their realisation
 IT forces paramedics to work in a specific way
• less autonomy
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SOGRO Information System

6. SOGRO as ‚progress bar‘
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7. Satisfying new informational needs
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8. Thank you.

9. Summary
SOGRO…
…expresses (cultural) convictions and supports and
fosters organizational changes
…forces paramedics to triage in a specific way
(technique as materialized constraint)
…reduces uncertainty (but didn´t lead to „better“ or
„faster“ operational decisions)
…is mainly a technology of control
- increases the density of control
- satisfies new informational needs (from outside)
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10. Summary
SOGRO…
…expresses (cultural) convictions and supports and
fosters organizational changes
…forces paramedics to triage in a specific way
(technique as materialized constraint)
…reduces uncertainty (but didn´t lead to „better“ or
„faster“ operational decisions)
…is mainly a technology of control
- increases the density of control
- satisfies new informational needs (from outside)
06/24/13
IT‘s about more than speed
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