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Hospitals’ Preparedness to Treat Pediatric Patients During Mass Casualty Incidents
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Toida, Chiaki Muguruma, Takashi Hashimoto, Keiji |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Objectives: Little is known about the preparedness of hospitals to care for pediatric patients during a major incident in Japan. This study assessed the disaster preparedness of a children’s hospital in Japan by using a disaster drill.Materials and Methods: We performed a triage drill with all hospitalized patients. The triage tags and medical records were reviewed retrospectively. We determined the efficacy of triage education, the validity of the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) method for children, and the potential need for evacuation through the disaster drill.Results: This study highlights 3 important issues about the hospital’s preparedness. First, it is difficult to promote disaster education for staff who are not well trained on handling disasters. Second, the START method is suitable for children older than 5 years, but it has a high rate of over-triaging among younger children. Third, approximately 40% of patients who are coded as immediate may require transportation resources in a hospital evacuation.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that disaster preparedness, such as educating hospital staff regarding disasters and establishing evacuation systems for a number of pediatric patients when a disaster happens, is essential for caring for hospitalized children during a mass casualty incident. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:429-432) |
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| Ending Page | 432 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 429 |
| ISSN | 19357893 |
| e-ISSN | 1938744X |
| DOI | 10.1017/dmp.2018.98 |
| Journal | Disaster medicine and public health preparedness |
| Issue Number | 03 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2019-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Disaster medicine and public health preparedness Emergency Medicine Pediatrics and Child Health Primary Triage Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment Hospital Preparedness for Disaster Mass Casualty Incident Hospital Evacuation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
