An Assessment of the Crisis Team towards the Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study of the Educational and Therapeutic Hospitals of Jahrom city, Iran

摘要

Iran is among the top ten disaster-prone countries in theworld, due to its vast area, geographical position, andclimatic diversity. Thus, studies regarding the disasterpreparedness of the crisis team of the Educational andTherapeutic Hospitals becomes necessary. This descriptive,cross-sectional study was conducted by collecting the databy using the demographic questionnaire and a disasterbased questionnaire which included 11 areas such aslogisticsupport, responding to the needs of injured people,organization, training, human resources, maneuverplanning, maneuver implementation, medical evacuation,admission, transfer, discharge and communications. Thehighest level of preparedness (good level) was observed inthe area of admission. Observed scores related to the areasof perceptions of managers and authorities, responding tothe needs of injured people, training, logistic support,human resources, maneuver planning, maneuverimplementation, transfer, discharge and communications,had evidenced a moderate levels of preparedness and areasof organization and medical evacuation revealed a poorlevels of preparedness. The overall results concluded thatthe hospital is having a moderate level of disasterpreparedness. However, due to the crucial role of hospitalsat the time of crisis, hospital managers and authoritiesshould make more efforts to train staff and to plan toincreasepreparedness levels.