Impact of Disaster Drills on Patient Flow in a Pediatric Emergency Department

• 2008

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• Nathan Timm; Stephanie Kennebeck
PMID: 18616441DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00137.x

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This article examines the impact of mass casualty disaster drills on the timeliness of care for nondisaster patients in a pediatric Emergency Department (ED). The study analyzed nine disaster drills conducted since 2001 at a healthcare institution, comparing drill dates with control dates. Results showed no significant difference in time-to-triage, time-to-physician, and ED length of stay between drill and control days. Interestingly, admitted patients spent less time in the ED during drill dates. The findings suggest that disaster drills at this institution do not significantly affect the timeliness of care for nondisaster patients, highlighting the importance of maintaining quality care during such drills.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audience: Emergency Managers

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Inservice Training; Length of Stay; Ohio; Pediatrics; Personnel, Hospital; Program Evaluation; Quality of Health Care; Retrospective Studies; Triage; Patient Simulation; Statistics, Nonparametric; Emergency Service, Hospital; Mass Casualty Incidents; Time-to-Treatment

Institutions: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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