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ArticleBMC emergency medicine2022

Audit of the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters: participatory action research.

Esmail Heidaranlu, Mehdi Amiri, Mohammad Mehdi Salaree, Forogh Sarhangi, Yaser Saeed, Asghar Tavan

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Esmail HeidaranluTrauma Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi AmiriTrauma Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi SalareeHealth Research Center, life style institute, Nursing faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Forogh SarhangiHealth Research Center, life style institute, Nursing faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Yaser SaeedHealth Research Center, life style institute, Nursing faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Asghar TavanDisasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. at.tavan@yahoo.com.

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introductionSince hospitals play an important role in dealing with disaster victims, this study was conducted to audit the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis applied action research was conducted in all wards of a military hospital from September 2020 to September 2021. The functional preparedness of the hospital was assessed using a functional preparedness checklist containing 17 domains and the weaknesses of the hospital were identified. Then, during the hospital audit cycle, a plan was developed to improve work processes and the functional preparedness of different wards of the hospital in response to incidents and disasters using the FOCUS-PDCA model. The functional preparedness of the hospital was compared before and after the intervention and analyzed using SPSS22.

resultsThe relative mean score of hospital preparedness in response to disasters was 508 out of 900 (56.44%) before the intervention, which was moderate. The relative mean score of the hospital preparedness in response to disasters was 561 (63.63%) after the intervention, which was good. The highest preparedness was related to risk assessment (85%) and the lowest preparedness was related to victims' dead bodies (44%).

conclusionConsidering the effect of action research on improving the hospital's functional preparedness in response to disasters, other healthcare facilities are encouraged to incorporate auditing into their work plans.

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Disaster PlanningDisastersChecklistHealth Services ResearchHospitals, MilitaryHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesAction researchAuditDisastersEmergencyFunctional preparednessHospitalIncidents

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PMCPMC9559852

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