一个专注于儿科的自我评估工具,用于帮助区域灾害规划的脆弱性
Michelle Pintea1, Deanna Dahl Grove2
1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
|February 19, 2024
概括
医院往往缺乏儿科的灾难准备. 一个新的自我评估工具有助于区域评估和改善紧急情况下对儿童和家庭的照顾,增强社区的弹性.
科学领域:
- 儿科急诊医学 儿科急诊医学
- 公共卫生准备 公共卫生准备
- 医疗保健系统的弹性 医疗保健系统的弹性
背景情况:
- 儿童占灾难受害者的很大一部分,但许多医院对儿童大规模伤亡事件的准备不足.
- 国家儿科准备项目强调了医院儿科灾难计划中的缺陷.
- 区域V儿童卓越中心开发了一种工具,以解决儿科灾难护理中的这些差距.
研究的目的:
- 引入一个自我评估工具,旨在帮助地区识别儿科灾难准备的弱点.
- 提供一种在紧急情况下加强对弱势儿童和家庭的照顾的方法.
- 支持医疗保健联盟评估和改进他们的儿科灾难应对能力.
主要方法:
- 确定了9个关键领域,这些领域对于在灾难期间保护儿童和家庭的照顾至关重要.
- 开发了一个自我评估工具,专注于3个领域的可访问的开源数据.
- 向24个区域医疗保健联盟分发了该工具和有用性调查.
主要成果:
- 从分布式调查中获得50%的响应率.
- 大约40%的受访者表示,根据该工具的发现,他们可能会实施变化.
- 最初的自我评估工具被改进为一个扩展的,基于Web的版本.
结论:
- 医疗保健联盟可以利用这个工具来评估儿科准备水平.
- 该工具有助于确定改善儿童灾害应对措施的具体领域.
- 该工具的实施可以在紧急情况下为儿童,家庭和社区带来更好的结果.
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