Farhat, Hassan, Alinier, Guillaume, Gangaram, Padarath, El Aifa, Kawther, Khenissi, Mohamed Chaker, Bounouh, Sonia, Khadhraoui, Moncef, Gargouri, Imed and Laughton, James (2022) Exploring pre‐hospital healthcare workers' readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the State of Qatar: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports, 5 (5). e803. ISSN 2398-8835
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Abstract
Background
Hazardous Material—Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (HazMat-CBRN) incidents, though infrequent, are environmentally precarious and perilous to living beings. They can be deliberate or accidental or follow the re-emergence of highly contagious diseases. Successful management of such incidents in pre-hospital settings requires having well-trained and prepared healthcare workers.
Aims
This study aimed to explore the reliability and validity of a satisfaction survey, answered by Specialized Emergency Management (SEM) personnel from a national Middle Eastern ambulance service, with a “Hazardous Material Incident Management” course offered to them as a continuing professional development activity and seek their opinion regarding Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service personnel needs for other HazMat-CBRN related training topics.
Method
In the cross-sectional study, we conducted an online satisfaction survey for this group of course participants to obtain their feedback as subject matter experts. Aiken's content validity coefficient (CVC) was calculated to assess the content validity. Cronbach's α coefficient was determined to explore the survey's reliability. IBM®-SPSS® version 26 was utilized to explore the data.
Results
The SEM satisfaction survey demonstrated important satisfaction with the implemented training with its robust reliability and content validity (Cronbach's α = 0.922 and CVC = 0.952). The participants also recommended additional related topics.
Conclusion
Sustaining and reinforcing the HazMat-CBRN Incident Management course was strongly recommended, considering the increase of HazMat-CBRN threats worldwide.
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| Additional Information: | Funding information: We acknowledge the Executive and Management teams in Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS), in particular Dr. Loua Al Shaikh, Mr. Brendon Morris, Dr. Nicholas Castle, Mr. Thomas Reiman and Mr. Ali Darwish, Mr. Naveen, Mr. Mohamed Khnissi, Mr. Ouissem Zaghouani, for all their support and responses for assistance in undertaking the research. My colleagues in the HMCAS HazMat team assisted in delivering this ‘HazMat Incident Management’ training package. We acknowledge the Qatar National Library for funding the publication of this study. The publication of this article was funded by Qatar National Library. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HazMat‐CBRN, reliability, satisfaction, training, validity |
| Subjects: | B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Nursing, Midwifery and Health |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2022 13:27 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2022 13:30 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/49999 |
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