Disaster Drill Exercise Documentation and Management: Are We Drilling to Standard?

• 2008

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• Ilene Claudius; Solomon Behar; Shana Ballow; Robin Wood; Kathleen Stevenson; Nancy Blake
PMID: 19022071DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2008.03.006

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This article discusses a study that compared the documentation and medical care provided during a pediatric disaster drill with routine care at the same institution. The study found that the disaster drill charts had a significantly higher proportion of errors in procedures, medication administration, and diagnosis accuracy. Some errors were deemed potentially harmful. The study highlights deficiencies in documentation and care quality during disaster drills compared to conventional care. The article suggests improving documentation practices and incorporating relevant prompts and algorithms to reduce errors.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medicine; Exercise Test; Hospitals, Pediatric; Los Angeles; Pediatrics; Quality of Health Care; Retrospective Studies; Emergency Nursing; Patient Simulation; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Medical Errors; Emergency Service, Hospital; Documentation

Institutions: Children's Hospital Los Angeles; University of Southern California

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