Identifying Deficiencies in National and Foreign Medical Team Responses Through Expert Opinion Surveys: Implications for Education and Training

Djalali, Ahmadreza; Ingrassia, Pier Luigi; Corte, Francesco Della; Foletti, Marco; Gallardo, Alba Ripoll; Ragazzoni, Luca; Kaptan, Kubilay; Lupescu, Olivera; Arculeo, Chris; Arnim, Götz von; Friedl, Tom; Ashkenazi, Michael; Heselmann, Deike; Hrečkovski, Boris; Khorram‐Manesh, Amir; Komadina, Radko; Lechner, Konstanze; Patru, Cristina; Burkle, Frederick M.; Fisher, Philipp

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“…However, in the face of large-scale disasters, the personnel trained in disaster medicine can be overwhelmed by the demands of the disaster and other medical personnel have to pitch in. In view of the gaps in undergraduate and postgraduate disaster medicine education, [6][7][8][9][10] some educational authorities have called for improved disaster medicine education [11,12] and several medical schools and professional organizations have developed curricula in disaster medicine for education of all physicians [1][2][3][4][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Evaluation of a new community-based curriculum in disaster medicine for undergraduates

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BackgroundNowadays, many medical schools include training in disaster medicine in undergraduate studies. This study evaluated the efficacy of a disaster medicine curriculum recently designed for Saudi Arabian medical students.MethodsParticipants were 15 male and 14 female students in their fourth, fifth or sixth year at Jazan University Medical School, Saudi Arabia. The course was held at the Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine and Computer Sciences Applied to the Medical Practice in Novara, Italy.ResultsThe overall mean score on a test given before the course was 41.0 % and it increased to 67.7 % on the post-test (Wilcoxon test for paired samples: z = 4.71, p < 0.0001). There were no significant differences between the mean scores of males and females, or between students in their fourth, fifth or sixth year of medical school.ConclusionsThese results show that this curriculum is effective for teaching disaster medicine to undergraduate medical students. Adoption of this course would help to increase the human resources available for dealing with disaster situations.

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“…Following time at RDH, DSRT members reported feeling well prepared to be deployed to RDH and felt confident that they had the necessary skills and knowledge to be a DRS team member. Objectively measuring participants' competence would provide a more rigorous assessment than that attained by self-assessment (Djalali et al, 2014).…”

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“…Additionally, as urbanisation increases in under-developed countries, infrastructure can be poorly planned and when disaster strikes the consequences are catastrophic (Albrito 2012). Disasters can quickly overwhelm local services necessitating assistance from external sources (Redmond 2005, Djalali, Ingrassia et al 2014. Within Australia, most recently in April and also in March, 2015, medical disaster teams have been sent to assist with the earthquake in Nepal and to Vanuatu to provide immediate care following the devastating Category 5 cyclone, "Pam".…”

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Enhancing disaster preparedness of specialty nurses on a national scale

Mitchell

McKinnon

Aitken

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Disaster Prevention and Management

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. 2 Permanent repository link Abstract PurposeThe number of disasters has increased by 30% worldwide in the past 30 years. Nurses constitute the largest clinical group within a hospital and their ability to respond to disasters is crucial to the provision of quality patient care. The aim of this study was to evaluate a fouryear disaster preparedness partnership between two tertiary hospitals from the perspective of specialist nurses, senior clinical managers and executive staff. The national disaster response centre was situated in one hospital and the other hospital was located 3,500 km away. DesignThe intervention involved selected nurses working at the partner hospital to enable familiarisation with policies, procedures and layout in the event of a request for back-up in the setting of a national disaster. A mixed-methods design was used to elicit the strengths and limitations of the partnership. Data were collected through surveys, in-depth interviews and focus groups. FindingsSixty-seven participants provided evaluations including 38 nurses from the Disaster Support Response Team; 17 clinical management nurses and 10 executive staff. Improvements in some aspects of communication were recommended. The successful recruitment of highly skilled and committed nurses was a strength. A disaster exercise resulted in 79% of nurses contacted, able and willing to go immediately to the partner hospital for up to 14 days.

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“…In an effort to standardize training so that all humanitarian workers are educated in the operational issues discussed above, core competencies for humanitarian health professionals have been proposed . Several competencies are recommended for all VHPs, such as mass casualty triage and biohazard protection, whereas other competencies are specific to public health or clinical specialties .…”

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The Professionalization of International Disaster Response: It Is Time for Midwives to Get Ready

Hays¹,

Prepas²

2015

J Midwife Womens Health

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Disasters and humanitarian emergencies due to natural or human origins result in severe and often prolonged suffering of the affected population. Midwives have a role to play in providing assistance because women and their infants experiencing such crises have unique vulnerabilities and needs. This article introduces midwives and other women's health care practitioners to international humanitarian emergency response efforts and describes preparation and training activities they can undertake to get ready to volunteer with an international health aid agency. Various clinical realities and challenges are discussed, including recommended priorities for providing reproductive health care in disaster zones. Common ethical dilemmas in crisis health care settings are also reviewed. By arriving in the field well prepared to participate and collaborate, midwives can make substantial contributions to the safety, health, and comfort of women and their families who have experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict, or disease epidemic.

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Identifying Deficiencies in National and Foreign Medical Team Responses Through Expert Opinion Surveys: Implications for Education and Training

Cited by 78 publications

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Evaluation of a new community-based curriculum in disaster medicine for undergraduates

Evaluation of a new community-based curriculum in disaster medicine for undergraduates

Enhancing disaster preparedness of specialty nurses on a national scale

The Professionalization of International Disaster Response: It Is Time for Midwives to Get Ready

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