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| Title |
Assessment of disaster preparedness among emergency departments in Italian hospitals: a cautious warning for disaster risk reduction and management capacity
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| Published in |
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13049-016-0292-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matteo Paganini, Francesco Borrelli, Jonathan Cattani, Luca Ragazzoni, Ahmadreza Djalali, Luca Carenzo, Francesco Della Corte, Frederick M. Jr. Burkle, Pier Luigi Ingrassia |
| Abstract |
Since the 1990s, Italian hospitals are required to comply with emergency disaster plans known as Emergency Plan for Massive Influx of Casualties. While various studies reveal that hospitals overall suffer from an insufficient preparedness level, the aim of this study was to better determine the preparedness level of Emergency Departments of Italian hospitals by assessing the knowledge-base of emergency physicians regarding basic disaster planning and procedures. A prospective observational study utilized a convenience sample of Italian Emergency Departments identified from the Italian Ministry of Health website. Anonymous telephone interviews were conducted of medical consultants in charge at the time in the respective Emergency Departments, and were structured in 3 parts: (1) general data and demographics, (2) the current disaster plan and (3) protocols and actions of the disaster plan. Eighty-five Emergency Departments met inclusion criteria, and 69 (81 %) agreed to undergo the interview. Only 45 % of participants declared to know what an Emergency Plan for Massive Influx of Casualties is, 41 % believed to know who has the authority to activate the plan, 38 % knew who is in charge of intra-hospital operations. In Part 3 physicians revealed a worrisome inconsistency in critical content knowledge of their answers. Results demonstrate a poor knowledge-base of basic hospital disaster planning concepts by Italian Emergency Department physicians-on-duty. These findings should alert authorities to enhance staff disaster preparedness education, training and follow-up to ensure that these plans are known to all who have responsibility for disaster risk reduction and management capacity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 27% |
| Romania | 2 | 18% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 18% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Sudan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 153 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
| Researcher | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 14% |
| Unknown | 55 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 4% |
| Engineering | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Unknown | 59 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2023.
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