COVID-19和不列颠哥伦比亚省的志愿搜救人员:风险识别和风险减轻
David Birnbaum1,2, Vienna C Lam3, Farinaz Havaei4
1Applied Epidemiology, North Saanich, BC, USA.
Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE
|November 29, 2023
概括
志愿者搜救 (SAR) 团队在COVID-19期间保持了作战准备,但不一致的感染控制实践和信息共享突出了需要改进的领域. 加强与公共卫生专家的沟通对于志愿者急救人员的安全和有效性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 志愿者活动 志愿者活动
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19期间,不列颠哥伦比亚省促进了研究人员,医疗保健系统和私人合作伙伴之间的合作.
- 志愿者搜索和救援 (SAR) 团队在这个合作努力中被确定为一个被忽视的群体.
研究的目的:
- 探索志愿SAR团队的作战准备情况.
- 评估信息来源的使用和感知价值.
- 评估感染预防措施和与专业同行一致性.
主要方法:
- 与管理BC志愿者SAR站的2个组织合作.
- 与当地电台负责人进行了保密调查.
- 对志愿和专业的急救人员进行比较的指导文件.
主要成果:
- 在109个站点中,有33个站点响应,报告了持续的作战准备,停机时间最小.
- 大多数站都有足够的个人防护设备 (PPE),但与医疗保健专业人员相比,使用不一致.
- 信息来源的利用有所不同,省级感染控制专家和志愿SAR组织之间没有直接沟通.
结论:
- 在整个大流行期间,志愿者SAR能力得到了维护.
- 确定了改善志愿者信息传播和保护的优势和机会.
- 建议在紧急卫生服务的感染控制指南中包括志愿者SAR团队.
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