Table 1 Summery of content of the Disaster Risk Management training program
Sessions | Main topics | Contents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Principles and fundamentals of disaster risk management | - Definition and explanation of common terms in disaster risk management - Description of the components of the disaster risk management cycle - The concept of disaster mitigation - Explanation of the functions of disaster mitigation and management programs in different stages of the cycle - Familiarity with disaster mitigation and disaster preparedness - Familiarity with disaster response and disaster recovery | ||
2 | Familiarity with incident command system and Risk assessment and analysis | - Managerial changes when incidents and disasters occur in organizations - Communications in the incident command system chart - The duties of key people in the incident command system -Defining risk assessment - Introducing the elements related to the risk assessment process - Explaining the process of hospital risk assessment - Describing and explaining risk assessment tools | ||
3 | Healthcare services in disasters and psychosocial interventions in disasters | - The importance and necessity of how to provide healthcare services during disasters - Hospital evacuation and surge capacity, hospital incident command system -Evaluation of the injured in mass casualty incidents - Nursing management and care of trauma victims caused by mass casualty incidents - the concepts of mental health and psychosocial support team - the different stages of psychological reactions of people in disasters - psychological interventions for vulnerable groups in disasters - the symptoms of mental disorders in the victims - Standard psychosocial interventions in the affected area | ||
4 | Nursing in disasters and incidents, Triage in disasters | - The position and roles of nurses in disasters - The importance and necessity of nursing management in disasters - The duties of nurses based on special, technical and general competencies in disasters - The injured triage in disasters and incidents with the START method - Comparison of types of triages with START triage | ||