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Table 2 Results of Section 2 and 3

From: Assessment of disaster preparedness among emergency departments in Italian hospitals: a cautious warning for disaster risk reduction and management capacity

Session 2: General knowledge about the HDP

YES

NO

 1) what is the PEMAF

31 (45 %)

38 (55 %)

 2) location of a copy of the PEMAF, for emergency reference and reading

23 (33 %)

46 (67 %)

 3) what is an Action/Task Card

16 (35 %)

53 (65 %)

Session 3: Specific knowledge of the HDP

YES

NO

 4) who activates the PEMAF

28 (41 %)

41 (59 %)

  Hospital Chief Medical Officer

10 (35 %)

 

  Emergency Department physician-0n-duty

10 (35 %)

 

  EMS-OC

7 (25 %)

 

  Other

4 (13 %)

 

  Multiple answer

3 (9 %)

 

 5) who is in charge of intra-hospital operations

26 (38 %)

43 (62 %)

  Emergency Department physician-on-duty

10 (38 %)

 

  Hospital Chief Medical Officer

7 (27 %)

 

  Crisis Unit

4 (15 %)

 

  Other

6 (20 %)

 

  Multiple answers

1 (3 %)

 

 6) Management of patients already admitted to the ED before PEMAF activation

27 (39 %)

42 (61 %)

  Transfer/discharge by established protocol

13 (48 %)

 

  Less severe patient discharge

5 (19 %)

 

  Green codes assessed and discharged; yellow and red codes treated and held

3 (11 %)

 

  Other

6 (18 %)

 

 7) Way to recruit additional personnel

55 (80 %)

14 (20 %)

  Telephone

27 (49 %)

 

  On call personnel list

14 (25 %)

 

  Switchboard

8 (15 %)

 

  Crisis Unit/ Head Nurse/ EMS-OC/ Hospital Chief Medical Officer to call personnel

4 (6 %)

 

  Respondent to personally call staff colleagues

2 (3 %)

 

 8) ED’s maximal patient management capacity in the first hour (by triage priority code)

11 (16 %)

58 (84 %)

  Approximately more than 10

5 (45 %)

 

  Approximately less than 10

3 (27,5 %)

 

  It depends on the casualty severity

3 (27,5 %)

 

 9) Way to find information about bed number in the inpatient divisions/departments

50 (72 %)

19 (28 %)

  By telephone

18 (36 %)

 

  Software

9 (18 %)

 

  Updated list (generic)

7 (14 %)

 

  “I personally call the departments”

5 (10 %)

 

  Other

9 (18 %)

 

 10) who terminates the emergency status

25 (36 %)

44 (64 %)

  Hospital Chief Medical Officer

12 (48 %)

 

  EMS-OC

5 (20 %)

 

  Emergency Department physician on duty

3 (12 %)

 

  Other

10 (8 %)

 

  Multiple answers to the question

3 (12 %)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PEMAF Italian acronym for the Emergency Plan for Massive Influx of Casualties; HDP Hospital Disaster Plan; EMS-OC Emergency Medical Service Operation Center