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Validation of an evaluation instrument for responders in tactical casualty care simulations
Maria Del Carmen Usero-Pérez1, Maria Lourdes Jiménez-Rodríguez2, Alexandra González-Aguña2
1Academia Central Defensa, Escuela Militar De Sanidad, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Objective:
to construct and validate a tool for the evaluation of responders in tactical casualty care simulations.
Method:
three rubrics for the application of a tourniquet, an emergency bandage and haemostatic agents recommended by the Hartford Consensus were developed and validated. Validity and reliability were studied. Validation was performed by 4 experts in the field and 36 nursing participants who were selected through convenience sampling. Three rubrics with 8 items were evaluated (except for the application of an emergency bandage, for which 7 items were evaluated). Each simulation was evaluated by 3 experts.
Results:
an excellent score was obtained for the correlation index for the 3 simulations and 2 levels that were evaluated (competent and expert). The mean score for the application of a tourniquet was 0.897, the mean score for the application of an emergency bandage was 0.982, and the mean score for the application of topical haemostats was 0.805.
Conclusion:
this instrument for the evaluation of nurses in tactical casualty care simulations is considered useful, valid and reliable for training in a prehospital setting for both professionals who lack experience in tactical casualty care and those who are considered to be experts.
