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Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles
- Source :
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 15:352-357
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- Members of an emergency department (ED) staff need to be prepared for mass casualty incidents (MCIs) at all times. Didactic sessions, drills, and functional exercises have shown to be effective, but it is challenging to find time and resources for appropriate training. We conducted brief, task-specific drills (deemed “disaster huddles”) in a pediatric ED (PED) to examine if such an approach could be an alternative or supplement to traditional MCI training paradigms. Over the course of the study, we observed an improving trend in the overall score for administrative disaster preparedness. Disaster huddles may be an effective way to improve administrative disaster preparedness in the PED. Low-effort, low-time commitment education could be an attractive way for further disaster preparedness efforts. Further studies are indicated to show a potential impact on lasting behavior and patient outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Potential impact
Inservice Training
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Disaster Planning
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Emergency department
medicine.disease
Functional exercises
03 medical and health sciences
Mass-casualty incident
0302 clinical medicine
Disaster preparedness
medicine
Humans
Mass Casualty Incidents
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical emergency
Child
Emergency Service, Hospital
Psychology
Disaster medicine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1938744X and 19357893
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c844b444c2530e9c6ed50d0336ce2365