Open AccessEXTRA RESOURCES POOL - A PREREQUISITE FOR HOSPITAL DISASTER RESILIENCE
Author(s) -
Mariya Georgieva,
Rostislav Kostadinov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-4439
pISSN - 1857-923X
DOI - 10.35120/kij31041163g
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , preparedness , medical emergency , process (computing) , business , function (biology) , emergency management , ignorance , nursing , environmental resource management , medicine , knowledge management , computer science , political science , physics , environmental science , evolutionary biology , biology , law , thermodynamics , operating system
Hospital resilience is function of an array of planning, organizational, physical and psychological features. They are related to the hospital staff readiness and preparedness, resources availability, type and stamina of the buildings and constructions, as well to the established communication and coordination within the region and country. When analyzing the disaster resilience, the main feature to be addressed is the disparity between required and available means and capabilities. The aim of this study is to analyze the hospital staff awareness regarding the need of focused resources planning for assuring the disaster hospital resilience. Material and methods: By the means of descriptive and comparative methods the records form diverse disaster medical support and hospitals involvement into the process are analyzed and the most frequent shortfalls regarding the resources exhaustion and its impact on hospital disaster resilience are presented. Dichotomous survey among 54 medical professionals was performed in order to discover their awareness regarding the existing into hospitals, they are working in, pools of resources dedicated for disaster medical support. Results and discussion: Great majority of the inquired hospital staff is demonstrating complete ignorance regarding the extra resources required in case of disastrous events. This could lead to improper use of the available resources when needed and to the poor disaster medical support results. Conclusion: Resources planning studies have to be more detailed during medical managers’ education.