Healthcare Providers' Readiness for Management of Incidents With Weapons of Mass Destruction

Valkanova, Elena; Kostadinov, Rostislav; Etova, Rumyana; Georgieva, Mariya

doi:10.5272/jimab.2019253.2640

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“…Valkanova et al investigated whether physicians and nurses knew their roles and responsibilities in case of a CBRNW threat and found that 79% of the participants aware of the hospital plan, 69% were aware of their role in this plan, and 71% stated that they had the ability to collect information and perform analysis in case of a threat. 21 Another study reported that only 7.1% of participants felt ready to intervene in case of a CBRNW attack. The same cohort noted a very low level of preparedness for the institutions where they worked.…”

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Do Health-Care Students Know About Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear Weapons?

Yığıtbaş

2021

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of students receiving different levels of health-care education (doctors, nurses, paramedics) on chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear weapons (CBRNW). Methods: This study was designed as a qualitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional research. The study reached 87.68% of the population. A survey form was created by the researcher in line with the literature. Ethical permission and verbal consents were obtained. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews. Results: It was observed that there was no difference between the enrolled departments, that the participants had very low levels of knowledge on the subject despite considering it a likely threat for Turkey, and that they thought the public and the health-care professionals in this field had insufficient knowledge. Sex, age, and field education were the variables that created a difference. Conclusion: Training regarding CBRNW should be further questioned and individuals should receive ongoing training to increase and update their knowledge and skills.

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