Publications by authors named "Marlous Verheul"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how well hospitals in the EU are prepared for evacuation in emergencies.
- It utilized a systematic review and collected responses from representatives of 15 EU and non-EU countries to assess current preparedness and guidelines.
- Findings highlight a lack of standard evacuation procedures and awareness of the consequences of medical decisions during evacuations, emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts to create comprehensive evacuation guidelines.
Defining and Operationalizing Disaster Preparedness in Hospitals: A Systematic Literature Review.
Prehosp Disaster Med
February 2020
Introduction: Societies invest substantial amounts of resources on disaster preparedness of hospitals. However, the concept is not clearly defined nor operationalized in the international literature.
Aim: This review aims to systematically assess definitions and operationalizations of disaster preparedness in hospitals, and to develop an all-encompassing model, incorporating different perspectives on the subject.
Unlabelled: IntroductionThe central question this study sought to answer was whether the team members of Strategic Crisis Teams (SCTs) participating in mass-casualty incident (MCI) exercises in the Netherlands learn from their participation.
Methods: Evaluation reports of exercises that took place at two different times were collected and analyzed against a theoretical model with several dimensions, looking at both the quality of the evaluation methodology (three criteria: objectives described, link between objective and items for improvement, and data-collection method) and the learning effect of the exercise (one criterion: the change in number of items for improvement).
Results: Of all 32 evaluation reports, 81% described exercise objectives; 30% of the items for improvement in the reports were linked to these objectives, and 22% of the 32 evaluation reports used a structured template to describe the items for improvement.