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- Title
Emergency Preparedness: Training Outcome in Hospital Staff.
- Authors
Roblin, Patricia; Guzman, Jennifer; Arquilla, Bonnie; Braynt, Clarence; Doukas, Donald; Daniel, Pia
- Abstract
Introduction: A widely acknowledged aspect of emergency preparedness is hospital-wide staff education. Maintaining interest in hospital emergency preparedness among hospital staff is challenging. A hospital-wide education process involving a robust lecture and hands on donning and doffing sessions followed by periodic disaster drills has been recently undertaken as a quality improvement process. Method: A prospective pre- and post-test study of 256 hospital staff were given a six-hour training course in comprehensive Hospital Incident Command Systems (HICS), Hazmat (Hazardous Materials), and CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear, and Explosive) events. The same pre and post-test were given to all participants that contained questions to assess emergency preparedness knowledge. Results: 256 registrars within seven months (two classes per month) completed training with pre and post-tests. The average class size was 18.3 (range= 14 to 26 registrars). 3 of 256 (1.1 % 95% confidence interval) registrars achieved the pass mark of 70% in the pre-test survey and 230 (89.8 %) registrars achieved the pass mark in the post-test (χ2-test P < 0.001) with an absolute increase in the pass rate of 84%. Conclusion: This finding justifies Emergency Preparedness Training at our institution, showing a marked improvement in staff knowledge of HICS and CBRNE management. This study should encourage continuous widespread use of Emergency Preparedness training in hospital Emergency Preparedness.
- Subjects
EMERGENCY management; EMERGENCY drills; HOSPITAL personnel; HAZARDOUS substances; HOSPITAL emergency services
- Publication
Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, 2023, Vol 38, ps205
- ISSN
1049-023X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1049023X23005241