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Course in Prehospital Major Incidents Management for Health Care Providers in Saudi Arabia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2018

Nidaa A. Bajow ,
Wajdan I. AlAssaf  and
Ameera A. Cluntun
Nidaa A. Bajow*
Affiliation:
Disaster Medicine Unit, Mohammad Bin Naïf Medical Center, King Fahd Security College, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Wajdan I. AlAssaf
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ameera A. Cluntun
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
Correspondence: Nidaa Bajow, MBBS, PhD, DM Disaster Medicine Unit Mohammad Bin Naïf Medical Center King Fahd Security College Riyadh, Saudi Arabia E-mail: dr.nidaa@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Introduction

Unacceptable practices of health care providers during disasters have been observed because they work outside the scope of their daily practices and have inadequate training. A greater need for the involvement of health professionals in disaster management has been noted in Saudi Arabia. This study evaluates the efficacy of a training course in prehospital major incident management for health care providers in Saudi Arabia.

Methods

An interactive course for general principles in prehospital major incident management was developed with domains and core competencies. The course was designed according to the local context and was based on international standards. It was piloted over four days at the Officers Club of the Ministry of Interior (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and was sponsored by Mohammed Bin Naif Medical Center, King Fahd Security College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The participants (n=29) were from different disciplines from main government health facilities in Riyadh. They completed a pre-test and a post-test.

Results

The overall score was 55.1% on the pre-test and 68.4% on the post-test (Wilcoxon test for paired samples, P <.05). Three out of the four domains had significant difference between pre- and post-test results, as well as the overall total knowledge.

Conclusion:

Conducting inter-disciplinary and competency-based disaster medicine courses for health care providers can augment appropriate disaster preparedness for major incidents in Saudi Arabia.

BajowNA, AlAssafWI, CluntunAA. Course in Prehospital Major Incidents Management for Health Care Providers in Saudi Arabia. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):587–595.

Keywords

disaster medicinemajor incidentpost-graduatetraining
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 587 - 595
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Footnotes

Conflicts of interest: none

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