A multi-objective evaluation method based on connection numbers theory of hazardous chemical accidents emergency medical rescue capability. Issue 3 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yapeng; Zhang, Jinguo; Wang, Yundou; Xiong, Xiaowen; Zhao, Xin
• Is Part Of: Hong Kong journal of emergency medicine. Volume 27:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Emergency medical rescue capability -- hazardous chemical accidents -- competency model -- connection numbers -- multi-objective evaluation; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1177/1024907918819670
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2309-5407

Abstract

Background: An objective, comprehensive and scientific evaluation of emergency medical rescue capability (EMRC) is of great realistic significance in assisting the health administrative department to grasp the overall response capability of all emergency medical rescue teams, enabling each team to have a full understanding of its own strengths and weakness and improve itself accordingly. At present, the research on the evaluation of EMRC in Hazardous Chemicals Accidents (HCA) is not systematic and in-depth, and the existing research results also have some shortcomings, such as, the lack of strong theoretical support for the evaluation index system, the relatively single function of evaluation methods, and so on. Objectives: The objective of this article is to research the evaluation index system and a new evaluation method of EMRC in HCA to overcome the above shortcomings. Methods: It establishes an emergency medical rescue capability model by employing the competency model and then constructs the evaluation index system on the basis of the analysis of all the factors of emergency medical rescue capability in hazardous chemical accidents and sets up an evaluation model based on the theory of connection numbers and partial connection numbers. It determines the competence ranking of several emergency medical rescue teams and the competence state of an individual emergency medical rescue team by calculating the connection principal value, and it also predicts how the emergency medical rescue capability will develop based on the values of partial connection numbers. Results: The example shows that the calculation process of this model is relatively simple, and its assessment results are objective and authentic, and moreover, its multi-functions can make up for the deficiency of the simplified function of other evaluation models. Conclusion: This method is scientific and rational to some extent and can provide reference for evaluation problems of the same kind.