Challenges of Hospital Response to the Twin Earthquakes of August 21, 2012, in East Azerbaijan, Iran

Pouraghaei, Mahboub; Jannati, Ali; Moharamzadeh, Peyman; Ghaffarzad, Amir; Far, Moharram Heshmati; Babaie, Javad

doi:10.1017/dmp.2016.153

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“…Thus, hospital preparation and identifying the need for disaster management is necessary in many countries that are susceptible to natural disasters. Nonetheless, the results of this research indicate that many health centres are often not ready for such eventualities [36].…”

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confidence: 77%

“…In addition lack of coordination was the other challenge, due to coordination issues with volunteers who were referred to help, lack of Table 2: Summary of challenges in face of Disaster Managers [36]. coordination among hospital officials, lack of coordination among the authorities in different hospitals, lack of coordination among the prehospital emergency and hospital authorities, and failure incident command system made difficult situation for disaster managers at that event.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the patients' documents also needed to be incorporated into the evacuation and eventual relocation. Therefore, it is not only the coordination of patients but also of their records that needs attention during and after a disaster, particularly when undertaking evacuations [36].…”

Section: Injured Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, a lack of coordination affects all activities, and this and the shortage of equipment are significant barriers to an effective service delivery, which in the case of the Bam earthquake impacted as follows: coordination problems with volunteers who came to assist; the lack of coordination among health centres, and among officials of different hospitals; the lack of a hospital incident command system and a failure to perform sufficiently frequent examinations of some of the injured; confusion between personnel and officials; the lack of coordination between prehospital emergency officials and hospitals; staff disregard of officials' orders; the intractable performance of tasks by staff; the absence of a command unity and unit commander fragmentation; unwarranted interventions of irrelevant people; the absence of official accountability; and disaster management interventions by county headquarters [36].…”

Section: Lack Of Coordinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Safety and security of hospitals during natural disasters: Challenges of disaster managers

Nia¹,

Kulatunga²

2017

Int. J. SAFE

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The purpose of this research is to explore some challenges that hospital disaster managers face in dealing with natural disaster events. In such events, it is crucial that hospitals remain safe and functional during and after the disaster; thus, hospitals at all levels need to plan for natural disasters and be aware of the requirement to remain in an operational condition both during and after any event. Evidence from around the world suggests that the malfunctioning of hospitals during a disaster have extensive impacts on both inbound and outbound patients; as such, disaster preparedness is a significant concern for hospital disaster managers. Hospital disaster management is important because of the critical services that healthcare facilities provide for injured people and existing patients. Therefore, developing a good management system for natural disaster events can help to ensure better efficiency and economy in the use of facilities and human resources within hospitals. Although appropriate disaster management can mitigate the impact of natural disasters in hospitals, there are some barriers that can prevent the effective management of these facilities in such events. For this study, secondary information was retrieved from the Internet and via academic database on sudden-onset natural disasters, and it was found that the: awareness, knowledge, disaster preparedness of hospital staff; allocation of building codes, and the relocation of buildings to higher levels, need be improved. Also, equipping health care facilities at the time of natural disaster events is important. To manage the challenges facing hospital disaster managers, a national strategy for the disaster management planning for hospitals is required.

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confidence: 77%

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Safety and security of hospitals during natural disasters: Challenges of disaster managers

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2017

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“…Pouraghaei et al studied Azerbaijan earthquake in 2012 and highlighted the lack of coordination among organizations as one of the main challenges [17]. Another study by Li et al on Sichuan earthquake in China, they pointed to the lack of collaboration among disaster relief teams and insu cient leadership.…”

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Reflecting on the Challenges encountered by nurses at the great Earthquake in the West of Iran: A qualitative study

Abdi

-Raygani

Najafi

et al. 2020

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Background: Iran has experienced an increasing number of earthquake disasters in the past three decades. Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers that play an important role in responding to disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the nursing challenges to provide cares to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake, Iran. Methods: The present study was conducted as a qualitative conventional content analysis, and data collection was carried out through 16 semi‑structured and in‑depth interviews with the nurses involved in providing cares to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake.The data were analyzed following Graneheim and Lundman’s approach. Results: Data analysis led to the emergence of 453 primary codes, 14 subcategories, and 5 categories. The five categories were as follows: (a) organizational and managerial challenges; (b) human resources; (c) infrastructure; (d) educational system; (e) and ethical. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that nurses faced with several challenges in providing care to earthquake victims. Based on these findings, better educational management and planning, infrastructure reform, and establishment of a crisis nursing national team seem absolutely necessary.

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Hospitals as disaster victims: Lessons not learned?

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Challenges of Hospital Response to the Twin Earthquakes of August 21, 2012, in East Azerbaijan, Iran

Cited by 25 publications

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Safety and security of hospitals during natural disasters: Challenges of disaster managers

Safety and security of hospitals during natural disasters: Challenges of disaster managers

Reflecting on the Challenges encountered by nurses at the great Earthquake in the West of Iran: A qualitative study

Hospitals as disaster victims: Lessons not learned?

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