Decision-making on hospital emergency evacuation in disasters and emergencies : findings from a systematic review
Joint Authors
Zavareh, Dawud Khorasani
Khankeh, Hamidreza
Najati, Amir
Abbadi, Abbas
Ardalan, Ali
Yaghoubi, Tahirah
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 11 (30 Nov. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-11-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Context: Disasters are increasing worldwide, with more devastating effects than ever before.
Hospitals must maintain their normal functions or have an evacuation plan due to the rate of damages at the time of a sudden disaster.
The present study was conducted to determine the effective determinants and components in hospital evacuation decision- making.
Evidence Acquisition: In this systematic review study, which was conducted in 2016, bibliographies, citation databases, and other available records such as international guidelines, documents and reports of organizations and academic dissertations were used to find an answer to the following question: What are the effective components in hospital evacuation decision- making? Finally, 34 articles were included in this systematic review.
This systematic review article was checked with PRISMA checklist.
Results: The common factors affecting hospital emergency evacuation decision-making were classified into 4 general categories and 40 subcategories, which have been explored during thematic analysis.
These 4 categories included hospital infrastructure consequences, threat, internal factors, and external factors.
Level of risk was the most important component of threat category and it was mentioned in most of the reviewed literature.
Loss of electricity and water, communication and transportation, resources such as staff, and removing patient devices were the most mentioned factors in hospital infrastructure consequences, external factors, and internal factors, respectively.
Conclusions: Different variables affect the process of hospital emergency evacuation decision-making.
Thus, further studies are needed to develop a decision-making tool for hospital emergency evacuations in Iran.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yaghoubi, Tahirah& Ardalan, Ali& Zavareh, Dawud Khorasani& Khankeh, Hamidreza& Najati, Amir& Abbadi, Abbas. 2017. Decision-making on hospital emergency evacuation in disasters and emergencies : findings from a systematic review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 19, no. 11, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834154
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yaghoubi, Tahirah…[et al.]. Decision-making on hospital emergency evacuation in disasters and emergencies : findings from a systematic review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 19, no. 11 (Nov. 2017), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834154
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yaghoubi, Tahirah& Ardalan, Ali& Zavareh, Dawud Khorasani& Khankeh, Hamidreza& Najati, Amir& Abbadi, Abbas. Decision-making on hospital emergency evacuation in disasters and emergencies : findings from a systematic review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2017. Vol. 19, no. 11, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834154
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-8
Record ID
BIM-834154