Securing the Second Front: Achieving First Receiver Safety and Security through Competency-based Tools

Abstract

The Center for Health Professional Training and Emergency Response's (CHPTER's) 5-hour EPT curriculum for patient care providers recreates simultaneous multi-actor disasters, measures EPT performance, and improves trainee knowledge and comfort level to save patient and provider lives during a disaster, via an affordable, repeatable EPT curriculum. A larger-scale study, or preferably a multi-center trial, is needed to further study the impact of this curriculum and its potential to enhance the safety and security of the "Second Front.

Preparing for the Surge: A Half-Day Emergency Preparedness Training Course for the “Second Front”

“…As seen earlier in previous publications, the percentage of correct answers to knowledge questions increased from pre- to posttest ( P <0.01) following the course 18 . In terms of the curriculum, trainees were more likely to succeed in mechanical objectives such as triage, donning PPE, and providing emergency communication.…”

“…As seen earlier in previous publications, the percentage of correct answers to knowledge questions increased from pre-to posttest (P < 0.01) following the course. 18 In terms of the curriculum, trainees were more likely to succeed in mechanical objectives such as triage, donning PPE, and providing emergency communication. Other skills, such as teamwork, general communication skills, ability to comfort patients in distress, and ability to problem solve under pressure were not as easily mastered during a half-day course.…”

“…These publications include preliminary cognitive and self-assessment data as well as limited small group and mass-casualty-incident (MCI) skill assessment data. [16][17][18]…”

Can Live-Actor Patients in a Mass Casualty Incident Exercise Benefit as Exercise Players?

“…2,4,5 Actors with a medical background have also been used as LAPs in some exercises, 6 while in other training exercises, trainees have been used as LAPs. 7–9…”