The Value of Functional Exercise in Pediatric Mass- Casualty Incident Training.
disaster
disaster training
functional exercise
mass casualty incident
pediatric
Journal
Journal of acute medicine
ISSN: 2211-5587
Titre abrégé: J Acute Med
Pays: China (Republic : 1949- )
ID NLM: 101574304
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Sep 2019
01 Sep 2019
Historique:
entrez:
30
9
2020
pubmed:
1
10
2020
medline:
1
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hospital staff in Taiwan practice mass casualty incident (MCI) management through full-scale exercise (FSE). However, FSE is generally resource-intensive and time-consuming. As an alternative, functional exercise (FE) may be more cost-effective with a similar effect in certain aspects. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the FE value in MCI training. We investigated whether FE can increase the familiarity of pediatric MCI response and the effect in different groups. A new emergency operation plan (EOP) of nontraumatic pediatric MCI was developed in 2018 for our Children's Hospital. An FE was conducted to assess the plan. In addition to the emergency department staff, head nurses, supervisors, and physicians of Children's Hospital also participated in the exercise. Pre- and post-exercise questionnaires were designed, and participants were asked to evaluate their familiarity with pediatric MCI response pre- and post-exercise. Participants' reading experience of the new EOP, previous training level, occupation position, and whether they were using a computer during the exercise were also noted in the questionnaires. Data were analyzed using paired Among 49 participants, 16 participants completed the pre- and post-exercise questionnaires. The post-exercise familiarity score was found to be significantly higher than that of pre-exercise ( FE can significantly increase the familiarity of the hospital staff with pediatric MCI response and may be applied as a new training method of hospital disaster preparedness.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Hospital staff in Taiwan practice mass casualty incident (MCI) management through full-scale exercise (FSE). However, FSE is generally resource-intensive and time-consuming. As an alternative, functional exercise (FE) may be more cost-effective with a similar effect in certain aspects. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the FE value in MCI training. We investigated whether FE can increase the familiarity of pediatric MCI response and the effect in different groups.
METHODS
METHODS
A new emergency operation plan (EOP) of nontraumatic pediatric MCI was developed in 2018 for our Children's Hospital. An FE was conducted to assess the plan. In addition to the emergency department staff, head nurses, supervisors, and physicians of Children's Hospital also participated in the exercise. Pre- and post-exercise questionnaires were designed, and participants were asked to evaluate their familiarity with pediatric MCI response pre- and post-exercise. Participants' reading experience of the new EOP, previous training level, occupation position, and whether they were using a computer during the exercise were also noted in the questionnaires. Data were analyzed using paired
RESULTS
RESULTS
Among 49 participants, 16 participants completed the pre- and post-exercise questionnaires. The post-exercise familiarity score was found to be significantly higher than that of pre-exercise (
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
FE can significantly increase the familiarity of the hospital staff with pediatric MCI response and may be applied as a new training method of hospital disaster preparedness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32995240
doi: 10.6705/j.jacme.201909_9(3).0004
pmc: PMC7440371
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
118-127Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 by Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine & Ainosco Press. All Rights Reserved.
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