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Who is my leader? A case study from a hospital disaster scenario in a less developed country
Leighton B Filmer1, Jamie Ranse
1International Nepal Fellowship, Surkhet Programme, Birendranagar - 6, Mid-West Region, Nepal.
Introduction:
A paucity of literature exists pertaining to the role of leaders during the health response to disasters. The minimal published literature regarding disaster leadership suggests that health leadership in a disaster should adopt an approach similar to that of professions such as law enforcement, military and freighting.
Aim:
This paper aims to describe observations pertaining to disaster leadership during a mock disaster scenario.
Background:
This case study is set in Surkhet, Nepal, a small city prone to disasters such as earthquakes and floods. This case presents a mock disaster scenario of an earthquake set at a nongovernment health facility.
Methods:
Observations were made of the performance of responders in establishing triage, treatment and command centers.
Results:
Institutional leaders among the responders struggled to apply the disaster plans in the face of spontaneous disaster leadership.
Conclusions:
Both the recognised leadership of an organisation, and those who in a disaster may step up as disaster leaders need to be confident in implementing the disaster contingency plans. Leadership in disasters must have a clear distinction between incident controller and 'clinical leader' roles.
Discussion And Recommendations:
This paper provides recommendations that may have applicability to leadership in real world disasters.
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