Hospital's preparedness in road traffic injuries with mass casualties: Exploring a valid and reliable checklist. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Safarpour, Hamid; Safi-Keykaleh, Meysam; Eskandari, Zahra; Yousefian, Shiva; Faghisolouk, Farshad; Sohrabizadeh, Sanaz
• Is Part Of: Hong Kong journal of emergency medicine. Volume 29:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 12
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Disaster -- road traffic injury -- road traffic accidents -- hospital preparedness -- emergencies -- incident; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1177/1024907919870662
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2309-5407

Abstract

Background: The most important functional factor of hospitals is having a preparedness plan for dealing with disasters and emergencies such as road traffic injuries. There is a gap in the design and the development of a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the levels of hospital preparedness during road traffic injuries with mass casualty. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore a valid and reliable tool for measurement of hospital preparedness in road traffic injuries with mass casualties. Methods: This study was conducted in two phases, each comprising different steps: tool design and judgmental evidence. In the first step, the determination of the content domain, sampling from content (item generation), and the formation of the tool and in the second stage, validity and reliability of the tool were performed. Results: From the 139 items that were finally set, nine dimensions including command and control, infrastructure and medical equipment, information and communication systems, surge capacity, triage and medical services, safety and security, human resources management, coordination and cooperation, and training and exercise were identified. Content validity index and content validity ratio of the tool were 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. The reliability of the tool was 0.89 with the kappa coefficient, respectively. Conclusion: The tool has sufficient reliability and validity for measuring hospital preparedness in road traffic injuries with mass casualties. Thus, this tool can be used for assessing the preparedness of hospitals for better planning, preparedness, and response to road traffic injuries with mass casualties.