Name: Jason Murphy
Titel: Ph.D. Lecturer, reg. nurse
Department: Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen
Phone: +46 (0)8- 587 516 37, 0704–973 707
E-mail: jason.murphy@rkh.se
ORCID: 0000-0003-4626-3060
Dissertation year: 2022
Thesis: Disaster response and preparedness : focus on hospital incident command groups and emergency department registered nurses.
About me
I am a registered nurse who graduated from The Swedish Red Cross University (RKH) many years ago. My clinical background is primarily in emergency care, where I delved into issues related to disasters and preparedness. I became so interested, fascinated and concerned that this interest resulted in my doctoral thesis in disaster medical preparedness in 2022.
Teaching
I teach globalization and health. I am also the program manager for the specialist program in infectious diseases.
External assignments
In addition to my assignments at RKH, I am a lecturer and researcher at the Knowledge Center in Disaster Medicine (KcKM) at Umeå University and am part of the Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Preparedness (MSB) pool of healthcare personnel for international assignments.
Research profile
My research has focused on disaster medical response, preparedness and competence with a focus on local special health management (LSSL) and nurses working in emergency departments. We are currently mapping risks that can be linked to Sweden's investment in sustainable energy and healthcare preparedness for it.
Publications
2025 Does the “state of disaster” response have a downside? Hospital incident command group leaders’ experiences of a terrorist-induced major incident: a qualitative study. BMC Emergency Medicine (2025). Murphy, J.P., Hörberg, A., Rådestad, M.,Kurland, L., and Jirwe, M
2025 Rural hospital incident command leaders’ perceptions of disaster preparedness. BMC Emergency Medicine (2025). Murphy, J.P., Bergström, C., and Gyllencruetz, L.
2024 Health problems among disaster responders to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake: a cross-sectional study. BMC Emergency Medicine (2024). Hugelius, H., Murphy, J., and Blomberg, K.
2024 Self-care strategies used by disaster responders after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria: a mixed methods study. BMC Emergency Medicine (2024). Blomberg, K., Murphy, J., and Hugelius, H
Murphy J.P., Hörberg A., Rådestad M., Kurland L., Rüter A., Jirwe M. Registered Nurses’ experience as disaster preparedness coordinators during a major incident. A qualitative study. Nursing Open (2021).
Murphy J.P., Kurland L., Rådestad M., Magnusson S., Ringqvist T, Rüter A. Emergency department registered nurses’ overestimate their disaster competency: A cross-sectional study. International Emergency Nursing 58 (2021).
Murphy J.P., Rådestad M., Kurland L., Rüter A.*. Hospital incident command groups’ performance during major incident simulations: a prospective observational study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. (2020) 28:73
Murphy J.P., Rådestad M., Kurland L., Jirwe M., Djalali A., Rüter A. Emergency department registered nurses’ disaster medicine competencies. An exploratory study utilizing a modified Delphi technique. International Emergency Nursing 43 (2019) 84-91
Rüter, A., Kurland, L., Gryth, D., Murphy, J., Rådestad, M., Djalali, A.*. Evaluation of disaster preparedness based on simulation exercises: A comparison of two models. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.