Table 3 The elements of hospital staff readiness for patient evacuation during emergencies, as determined by theme content analysis and systematic review
From: Components of hospital personnel preparedness to evacuate patients in disasters: a systematic review
Evacuation process training | Educational approach | Gamification [18] Practice [18,19,20,21,22,23,24] Workshop [20] | |
Target groups of education | General population [20] Vulnerable group [20] | ||
Educational content | Health issues | Environmental Health [27] | |
Safety issues | Personal protection measures [27] Disaster awareness [20] Disasters and emergencies Preparedness [23] | ||
Individual factors | Physical factors | Physical fatigue [27] long shift [27] | |
Psychological factors | Adaptability and mental resilience [22, 24, 29] Anxiety management abilities [23] | ||
Spiritual factors | sacrifice [29] religious beliefs [22] | ||
Knowledge, disaster experience and skill | Acquaintance and recognition of employees from the evacuation plan [21] Education level of personnel [26, 30] Previous evacuation experience [19, 22, 24, 27, 28] Healthcare proficiency [29,30,31] Personnel mastery of their duties [32] Having problem-solving skills [29] | ||
Ethical issues and considerations | Job and organizational commitment [29] Responsibility [29] Professional ethics [29] Emotional support for patients [33] | ||
Communications | Internal and external organizational communications [18, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34] Healthcare staff -patient communication [27] Doing collaborative work [18, 22, 24, 29] Having Communication equipment [22, 27] Participation of the patient’s family in the evacuation process [25] | ||
Management | Managing patients during evacuation | Correct transfer of patients [22, 24, 25, 33] Preparing patients for evacuation [18, 27] Medical document management [22, 23, 33, 34] Managing vulnerable patients [23, 24, 27, 31, 32] System for patient relocation to other healthcare facilities [21, 33, 34] | |
Evacuation planning | Employees Performance appraisal and retraining program [26] Evacuation prioritization [33] Evacuation action plan [21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 33,34,35] Comprehensive plan of critical evaluation [35] Review the evacuation plan [21] | ||
Leadership and decision-making process | Department coordination and cooperation [30, 35] Human resources management [18, 19, 22, 33] Timely decision making [32] Personnel participation in decision-making [32] | ||
Existing standards, rules and policies for evacuation | The exit route is clear [25] Program uniformity and standardization [32] Early warning system [24] | ||
Resource allocation and administration | Human resources | Welfare services and social support [22, 23, 25] The existence of sufficient manpower [18, 27, 33] The existence of trained manpower [25] | |
Equipment resources | Efficient resource utilization [31] | ||
Physical resources and infrastructure | Designated place for evacuation [25] Create a workspace [33] | ||