IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER
Introduction: During a disaster, an increase in the number of casualties requiring hospital admission is recorded. This challenge the hospitals' management - there is a need for beds, rooms, consumables, drugs, and medical teams to support the increased number of patients arriving. Purpose: Th...
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| author | Mariya Georgieva Rostislav Kostadinov Mariya Semerdjieva |
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| description | Introduction: During a disaster, an increase in the number of casualties requiring hospital admission is recorded. This challenge the hospitals' management - there is a need for beds, rooms, consumables, drugs, and medical teams to support the increased number of patients arriving.
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the awareness of hospital medical professionals about the required procedures described in the hospital contingency plan for increased bed availability in case of disaster.
Materials and methods: 295 hospital medical professionals in the Plovdiv region, Bulgaria, participated in an anonymous survey that contained 55 questions.
Results: Most of the respondents are not familiar with the approved procedures to optimize the availability of emergency beds after the disaster that impacts the hospital disaster resilience. Conclusions: Optimization of activities related to operational hospital disaster resilience must include training of medical specialists in immediate bed availability procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-344c8b9f51c444a9af8f0957b8178c672022-12-22T01:59:41ZengPeytchinski PublishingJournal of IMAB1312-773X2022-09-012834575457710.5272/jimab.2022283.4575IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTERMariya Georgieva0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-0846Rostislav Kostadinov1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-5851Mariya Semerdjieva2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5339-948XDepartment of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.Department of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.Department of Health Care Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.Introduction: During a disaster, an increase in the number of casualties requiring hospital admission is recorded. This challenge the hospitals' management - there is a need for beds, rooms, consumables, drugs, and medical teams to support the increased number of patients arriving. Purpose: This study aims to analyze the awareness of hospital medical professionals about the required procedures described in the hospital contingency plan for increased bed availability in case of disaster. Materials and methods: 295 hospital medical professionals in the Plovdiv region, Bulgaria, participated in an anonymous survey that contained 55 questions. Results: Most of the respondents are not familiar with the approved procedures to optimize the availability of emergency beds after the disaster that impacts the hospital disaster resilience. Conclusions: Optimization of activities related to operational hospital disaster resilience must include training of medical specialists in immediate bed availability procedures.https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2022/issue3/2022vol28-issue3-4575-4577.pdfhospital disaster resiliencemedical personnelimmediate bed availability |
| spellingShingle | Mariya Georgieva Rostislav Kostadinov Mariya Semerdjieva IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER Journal of IMAB hospital disaster resilience medical personnel immediate bed availability |
| title | IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER |
| title_full | IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER |
| title_fullStr | IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER |
| title_short | IMMEDIATE BED AVAILABILITY IN CASE OF A DISASTER |
| title_sort | immediate bed availability in case of a disaster |
| topic | hospital disaster resilience medical personnel immediate bed availability |
| url | https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2022/issue3/2022vol28-issue3-4575-4577.pdf |
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