@article{ author = {Eskandari, Zahra and Dehghani, Arezoo}, title = {Frequent Occurrence of Pandemics: The Need to Change the Family Emergency Kit and First Aid Kits of the DAVAAM Group}, abstract ={N/A}, Keywords = {}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {1-2}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.310.2}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-384-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-384-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {AhmadiMazhin, Sadegh and Farrokhi, Mehrdad and Noroozi, Mehdi and Roudini, Juliet and Hosseini, Seyed Ali and Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeil and Kolivand, Pirhossein and Khankeh, Hamidrez}, title = {A Critique of the Information Resources of Disaster Databases in the World}, abstract ={N/A}, Keywords = {}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.385.1}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-337-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-337-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {Peyravi, Mahmoudreza and Kharazmi, Erfan and Kavosi, Zahra and AhmadiMarzaleh, Milad and Ghorbani, Zahr}, title = {Estimation of Increasing the Surge Capacity of Shaheed Rajaei Trauma Hospital in Shiraz City, Iran}, abstract ={Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the surge capability of Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital in Shiraz City, Iran, in response to a mass causality incident. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Shahid Rajaee Hospital in Shiraz in 2017. The Delphi technique was used in this study. Three checklists were used for the Emergency Department, Operating Room, and Intensive Care Unit. The surge capacity was calculated for each unit based on the formulas derived from different studies. Results: The surge capacities of the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and Operating Room were obtained 36%, 20%, and 17.5%, respectively. Shahid Rajaee Hospital of Shiraz can quickly increase its capacity by 27% based on the scenario defined in this study. However, if an accident leads to more causalities, it will likely face several limiting factors for increasing the surge capacity. Conclusion: Due to the critical role of hospitals in the crisis, it seems that the studied hospital should look for ways to increase its surge capacity to cope with unexpected accidents as soon as possible.}, Keywords = {Increasing surge capacity, High causality incidents, Hospital}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {5-14}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.190.5}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-385-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-385-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {Omidi, Nabi and JafariEskandari, Meysam and Omidi, Mohammad Rez}, title = {The Effect of Safety Training Intervention on Safety Climate Among the Operational Staff of West Oil and Gas Company}, abstract ={Background: The safety climate shows the attitude and general perception of the organization’s management regarding safety. This study investigates the impact of safety training on the safety climate of operational employees working in the West Oil and Gas Company. Materials and Methods: This study is quasi-experimental interventional research, which was conducted in the first half of 2019 in West Oil and Gas Production Company with a pretest-posttest design. The study population included all workers in the operational departments of The West Oil and Gas Production Company. The sampling was done randomly with 240 people. The study questionnaire included a demographic information questionnaire and the safety climate questionnaire of “the safety organization of England.” The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by safety professors, and its reliability was obtained at 0.84 using the Cronbach α coefficient. Results: The mean score of safety climate components before the intervention was 2.65, and after the educational intervention reached 3.66. The safety improvement had the highest score among the components of the safety climate. Also, the lowest mean score of the component before the intervention was related to the violation of safety rules, which had the lowest mean score after the intervention of the licensing system. Conclusion: Educational intervention improved the safety climate in West Oil and Gas Production Company, so safety training plays a vital role in increasing the safety climate in the oil and gas industries.}, Keywords = {Industrial safety, Safety climate, Occupational health}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {15-20}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.222.13}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-341-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-341-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {Azadeh, Mohammad Reza and ParvareshMasoud, Mohammad and Gaeeni, Mina and Hamta, Amir}, title = {Outcomes of Traffic Accident Patients Transferred by Air and Ground Ambulance: Propensity Score Matching}, abstract ={Background: The main task of the emergency medical system is to provide primary care and transfer the patients to hospital. Studies have been conducted to investigate the outcome of air and ground ambulance patients, but they show different results. These different results may be due to the type of study, statistical methods, differences in prehospital emergency systems, and insufficient control of confounding variables. Thus, it is difficult to compare and generalize the results. This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of injured people transported by air and ground ambulance in road traffic accidents in Qom Province, Iran, during 2015-2019. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective analytical descriptive study, we used the numerical method and examined all road traffic accident patients transferred through ground or air to Qom Shahid Beheshti Hospital by the prehospital emergency from 2015 to 2019. The collected information included the type of transfer, age, sex, type of trauma, distance from the accident site to the hospital, initial vital signs, duration of the mission, and day of the accident. To control the confounding factors, we used propensity score matching. Outcomes studied included length of hospital stay, length of stay in the intensive care unit, duration of mechanical ventilation, and the need for immediate surgery. Logistic regression was used to analyze the need for immediate surgery and a generalized linear model for other consequences. Results: After matching, the number of patients in each group transferred by ground ambulances and helicopter was 566. Trauma to the head (P=0.028) and back (P=0.002) were more common in helicopter-transported patients. The patients transported by helicopter had a longer time to reach the scene (7.70 ±5.18 min) (P<0.001), a shorter duration of presence on the scene (12.17±8.33 min) (P=0.041), and a shorter duration of transfer (13.12±4.75 min) (P<0.001) than the ground ambulance. There was no significant difference between the patients who transferred by ground and helicopter ambulance regarding the length of hospital stay in the intensive care unit (P=0.718), mechanical ventilation (P=0.507), and hospitalization (P=0.089). The need for immediate surgery in helicopter-transported patients was 84.8% higher than ground ambulance patients (95%CI: 0.086-0.267; P<0.001). Conclusion: The patients transported by helicopter were not significantly different from ground ambulances transported patients regarding staying in the intensive care unit, mechanical ventilation, and hospitalization, but they more needed immediate surgery. If the patients are triaged adequately according to the type of injury and the level of consciousness at the scene and transferred to the appropriate hospital by ground or air, they can enjoy the benefits of the type of transfer.}, Keywords = {Emergency medical services, Air ambulance, Accident, Traffic}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {21-32}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.397.2}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-373-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-373-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {Eftekhari, Seyed Mosayeb and Etemadi, Mohsen and Hosseini, Seyed Mahmou}, title = {The Approach of a New Model of Earthquake Crisis Management in the Classification of Vital Arteries}, abstract ={Background: Iran is one of the earthquake-prone countries in the world that have experienced earthquakes with a magnitude of more than seven on the Richter scale, which has caused significant financial, human, economic, and social losses in society. In earthquakes where the vital arterial system is severely damaged, the community’s life is threatened and sometimes causes significant damage. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the earthquake on vital arteries and to design a new approach to earthquake crisis management in the classification of vital arteries. Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive applied. The study population consisted of technicians and experts in management and civil engineering in Isfahan Province, Iran. Considering that the study population is 265 people, all of them were studied with the assumption of a confidence interval of 0.95 and an error of 0.05. The study data were collected by a questionnaire. Because of the normality of the data, the data were analyzed with the Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS software. Results: The results of data analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient test show a significant relationship between the classification of vital arteries based on new structuring with crisis management and its key role in earthquake crisis control. The passive defense was the most important component and the most relevant among effective approaches to managing vital arteries crises. Conclusion: By creating this proposed model of earthquake crisis management, a new classification was made for the system of vital arteries. Also, It provides a proper performance in different situations of before, during, and after social crises. It is also necessary to form a headquarter called the Social Crisis Management Headquarter based on efficient strategies and the necessary implementation and training.}, Keywords = {Crisis management, Earthquake, Vital artery, Social crisis}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {33-38}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.401.1}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-352-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-352-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {AkbariShahrestanaki, Yousof and MoghaddamZeabadi, Sakineh and Ziaiha, Masoumeh and Arjeini, Zahra and HoseinzadehKhezri, Ramesh and Rastak, Shahram}, title = {Admission Indicators for Prehospital Emergency Medical Students}, abstract ={Background: Appropriate and timely response in urgent situations requires vast knowledge and physical and mental preparedness. Since emergency medical technicians are the first professional respondents in the health system, selecting the right people to study in this field is very important. Because there is no specific model in Iran to propose the indicators in the selection of applicants for this field, the present study was conducted to offer some indicators for the admission of prehospital emergency medical students. Materials and Methods: This research was conducted using a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach in three steps: reviewing the relevant texts, meetings of scientific and operational experts, and determining the validity and reliability of the content. After finalizing, the areas and indicators of student selection were used in the interview process of candidates in 2020. SPSS v. 24 software was used for quantitative data analysis. Results: The selection tool for prehospital emergency medical students included 4 areas (with 26 criteria): 1) general qualifications area with 8 criteria (documents concerning degree and identity, written GPA of diploma, entrance exam score, type of diploma, special abilities, working in relief organizations, gaining a scientific-sports position, and interviewing of faculty members); 2) physical health with 7 criteria (height, body mass index, visual health, hearing health, stuttering, organ dysfunction-physical disability, and chronic debilitating diseases); 3) psychological status with 5 criteria (orderliness, responsibility, quick and correct decision making, stress management, and belief in teamwork); and 4) physical fitness with 6 criteria (1600-m run, 45-m speed-run, 4×9 m run, sit-up, long jump, and Swedish swimming in 30 s). Conclusion: Given the vital importance of prehospital emergency medical jobs as the front line of the health system response, selecting the right people will play a significant role in increasing the quality of services provided, increasing patient satisfaction, and ultimately improving health of the community.}, Keywords = {Admission indicators, Student, Prehospital medical emergencies}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {39-48}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.429.1}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-383-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-383-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} } @article{ author = {ZiaAhmadi, Ahmad and Ghavami, Vahid and Shabanikiya, Hamidrez}, title = {Nurses’ Preparedness for Disasters in a Crisis-Stricken Country: A Case Study in Afghanistan, in 2020}, abstract ={Background: Nurses play an essential role in the hospital’s response to accidents and disasters. Assessing nurses’ preparedness is the starting point to improve and increase their preparedness for disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the preparedness of nurses of a 650-bed district hospital in Herat, Afghanistan in the face of disasters in 2020. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, and the study subjects included all nurses working in a 650-bed district hospital in Herat Province. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire to determine the level of preparedness of nurses against accidents and disasters, which was localized. This questionnaire included three areas of knowledge, attitude, and performance. The maximum score in each of the domains was 100. To analyze the data, descriptive indicators, such as mean, median, standard deviation, and quartiles, and analytical methods such as independent t-test, 1-way analysis of variance, the Mann-Whitney and Friedman nonparametric tests, and the Spearman correlation coefficient-test were used. Results: The Mean±SD scores obtained by the participants in each of the areas of knowledge, attitude, and performance (behavior) were 30±12, 81±12, and 40±7, respectively. The study’s findings showed a statistically significant relationship between knowledge score and the duration of disaster education and management history. Also, a statistically significant association was observed between performance and variables of age, gender, marital status, education level, work experience, management history, duration of training received on disasters, and history of previous disaster exposure. Conclusion: Considering that the preparedness of nurses participating in this study was lower than average in two of the three areas, the level of preparedness of nurses for disasters is low and undesirable and requires measures, such as holding regular theoretical and practical training courses to increase it.}, Keywords = {Disaster preparation, Hospital, Nurses}, volume = {7}, Number = {1}, pages = {49-56}, publisher = {University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences}, doi = {10.32598/hdq.7.1.259.4}, url = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-379-en.html}, eprint = {http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-379-en.pdf}, journal = {Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly}, issn = {2345-4210}, eissn = {2345-4210}, year = {2021} }