None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
BACKGROUND / RATIONALE: After recent disaster Incidents such as the Bourke & Flinders Street events, The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre staff have reported feeling under prepared and having a lack of awareness, confidence & knowledge to respond to such situations. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate that a practical face to face disaster response training program, in comparison to the standard annual on-line emergency preparedness training, will improve Emergency Department staff’s confidence and knowledge regarding disaster response preparedness. METHODOLOGY: A prospective approach will be adopted for this study. The intervention group will be exposed to the enhanced practical face-to-face training program; the comparator group will undergo the standard electronic hospital training program. The evaluation of post-training knowledge and confidence will be compared across the two groups. STUDY PERIOD: 3-month study period. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: At the conclusion of this study it is anticipated that staff involved in the study group will report a greater degree of confidence & demonstrate a greater degree of knowledge in responding to disaster situations, in comparison to the control group who only participated in the mandatory on -line training.
Interventions
The intervention will be a group face to face structured education program consisting of 3 sessions.
• Session 1: Disaster Triage/Streaming
• Session 2: Responding to an external disaster event (e.g. bomb explosion / heat wave)
• Session 3: Responding to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological warfare incident.
These sessions have been developed and delivered by the principle investigator who is the Emergency Disaster preparedness and response lead, accredited MIMMS (major incident medical managem
The intervention will be a group face to face structured education program consisting of 3 sessions. • Session 1: Disaster Triage/Streaming • Session 2: Responding to an external disaster event (e.g. bomb explosion / heat wave) • Session 3: Responding to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological warfare incident. These sessions have been developed and delivered by the principle investigator who is the Emergency Disaster preparedness and response lead, accredited MIMMS (major incident medical management support) commanders, completed formal AIIMS (Australasian inter service incident manager system) education and academic teaching higher education disaster health. These programs have also been validated by a member of the investigation team who holds a Graduate Diploma in Emergency Response. Each session will run for approximately 1.5 hours. In these session’s staff will have both lecture style presentation aiming to increase knowledge and understanding of the specific topic response plan and associated skills. As well as practical hands on activities and exercises that will assist staff to consolidate the knowledge and skills. Participants allocated to the intervention group (Group B) will be required to attend all 3 sessions. In order to make this achievable each session will run multiple times during its allocated month.
Sponsors
Alfred Health
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Registered nurses employed in the Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre
Exclusion criteria
• Nurses working in the Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre on a casual basis • New registered nurses who commence employment in the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre once the intervention has commenced • Nurse who have planned leave (e.g. annual, maternity, paternity) during the implementation phase of the intervention • Emergency Nurses whose working arrangements require them to rotate between both Alfred Emergency & trauma Centre and Sandringham Emergency Department
Outcome results
None listed