Emergency Nurses’ Requirements for Disaster Preparedness

Seyedin, Hesam; Dolatabadi, Zahra Abbasi; Rajabifard, Fatemeh

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“…This fact leads to the conclusion that all ED staff is not properly aware about MCI triage process. Therefore, this triaging issue demands serious attention for improving any healthcare systems [9,10]. A special training is needed for the teams of disaster management like emergency medical services (EMS), civil defence department, emergency departments of the hospitals and national disaster preparedness and management services.…”

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Tabletop Exercise on Mass Casualty Incident Triage, Does it Work?

Khan¹

2018

Health Sci J

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Background: The triage is the first step in medical hierarchy for better management before treatment and transport in mass casualty incident (MCI). Therefore, an accurate, valid and timely triage will safe life and limbs, especially, when done by expert and experienced staff in MCI triage. This study planned to evaluate the MCI triage skills of the medical staff like doctors and nurses at Hamad General Hospital Emergency Department (HGH ED). They were provided a table top exercise (TTX) about MCI triage to improve the skills and knowledge followed by impact assessment. The study trial was planned and performed at emergency department of (tertiary hospital) Hamad general hospital at Doha Qatar.

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Tabletop Exercise on Mass Casualty Incident Triage, Does it Work?

Khan¹

2018

Health Sci J

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“…Iran is prone to the incident and is one of the ten most incident-ridden countries in the world regarding the natural disasters. According to statistics, among the 43 infamous events, 34 of them have occurred in Iran [4,5]. Iran is one of the world's most incident-ridden countries because it is located on the earthquake belt and frequently terrible earthquakes occur, the worst of them were earthquakes in Bam and Roodbar.…”

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“…However, these unwanted phenomena cause mortal and financial losses, but a quick review and environmental health interventions can minimize its amount [4,5]. After most of the disasters, many people are exposed to adverse environmental effects.…”

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Research Paper: Knowledge and Attitudes of Students in Khalkhal Medical Sciences Faculty on Health Actions in Emergencies

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Background: Health measures in an emergency are one of the cases where damage caused by disasters can be reduced with proper implementation, and the health crisis can be controlled. This requires awareness and knowledge of health and rescue authorities, students, and even people in an emergency situation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge of students' and attitude in Khalkhal Medical School in the field of emergency health measures. Materials and Methods:This is a descriptive-cross sectional study, which was conducted in the 2013-2014 school year in Khalkhal Medical School using a researcher-made questionnaire. Designed questionnaire include questions about personal information, level of knowledge (10 questions) and attitude (10 questions) towards health measures in an emergency. This study was conducted among 200 students who were either in semester 5 or higher. The sampling method was of census-type. To determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Alpha Cronbach's Coefficient obtained to be 0.8. To compare mean scores in different groups, one-way ANOVA, chi-square test, and independent T-test were used. Results:The results showed that 8% of students were well aware, 65.5% were moderately aware, and 26% were poorly aware. In addition, 29% of them had right attitude, 15% had moderate attitude, and 9% had a poor attitude towards health measures in emergencies. Among different disciplines regarding knowledge and attitude, no significant difference was observed (P<0.05) and there was a significant difference between age groups regarding the level of knowledge and attitude (P<0.05). Conclusion:The results of the study showed that there was no significant difference in knowledge and attitude towards health measures in emergencies among students. Moreover, the results showed that some of the fields under study had a relatively small understanding of health measures in emergencies. Therefore, to enhance their level of knowledge, the need for more detailed planning is felt, and courses should be included for students of the University of Medical Sciences in this regard.

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“…Studies have shown that most nurses are not ready to respond to mass casualties and training and skills are not at sufficient level to make the appropriate initiative (Fothergill et al, 2005;Fung et al, 2008;Al Khalaileh et al, 2012;Diab & Mabrouk, 2015;Seyedin et al, 2015;Labrague et al, 2016).…”

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Nurses’ preparedness for disasters in Turkey: Literature review

Taşkıran¹

2017

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The purpose of the study is to present the current situation and to provide a working perspective on nurses' preparedness for disasters.Literature review method was used in the study. The keywords "nurse" and "disaster" have been used in Turkish and English while being screened.It has been determined that studies that examine nurses' preparedness for disasters in Turkey are mostly descriptive and their samples are limited. It was seen that the studies in Turkey were carried out after 2010 and there was no research on this subject before. In addition, studies have shown that nurses' basic competencies for disaster preparedness need to be developed. The study revealed that the training of nurses for disasters in Turkey is inadequate and the nurses in Turkey do not see themselves prepared and sufficient to intervene in disasters similar to the results of the studies done in all other countries.

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Emergency Nurses’ Requirements for Disaster Preparedness

Cited by 56 publications

References 20 publications

Tabletop Exercise on Mass Casualty Incident Triage, Does it Work?

Tabletop Exercise on Mass Casualty Incident Triage, Does it Work?

Research Paper: Knowledge and Attitudes of Students in Khalkhal Medical Sciences Faculty on Health Actions in Emergencies

Nurses’ preparedness for disasters in Turkey: Literature review

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