Makama Jerry Godfrey, Joshua Istifanus Anekoson, Makama Elizabeth Jerry
Department of Surgery, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria; Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria; Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
J Emerg Manag. 2016 Nov/Dec;14(6):423-430. doi: 10.5055/jem.2016.0306.
There has been an increase in the incidence of disasters in many parts of the world. Similarly, Nigeria has witnessed a recent increase of man-made disaster events such as plane crash, fire incidents, flood, and building collapse, including bomb blast orchestrated by terrorists that often create emergency situations. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate family emergency plan and preparedness among medical practitioners in Zaria.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study (May-July, 2013) of medical practitioners in Zaria, Nigeria. The structured questionnaire sought the socio-demographic features of the respondents, the availability of emergency gate(s) in the house, education of safety measures within and outside the house, well-known located shut-off devices for gases, electricity, and water in the house, and written document/policy in the event of disaster. Also, planned orientations/drills/sensitizations, whether there is contact information of family members and supporting agencies.
Majority of the respondents were male 56 (80.0 percent) and fall within the age group of 46-50 years (20.0 percent). Only 8.6 percent admitted having an unwritten policy on emergency management in their houses. Similarly, only 8.6 percent do create time to teach their family members on emergency management. Only 27 (38.6 percent) had emergency supplies kits and among this group, water appears to be the most essential component that the respondents had paid attention to, leaving out special items. The communication plans of respondents to likely supportive services/agencies during disaster showed that majority had contact address or have affirmative plans for hospital and ambulance services than for radio and television stations.
Family emergency plans and preparedness among medical practitioners in Zaria are extremely low. There is a gap between knowledge of what need to be done to enhance preparedness and internalizing preparedness recommendations in the study area.
世界许多地区灾害发生率有所上升。同样，尼日利亚近期也出现了人为灾害事件增多的情况，如飞机坠毁、火灾、洪水、建筑物倒塌，包括恐怖分子策划的炸弹爆炸，这些事件常常造成紧急状况。因此，本研究的目的是评估扎里亚市医务人员的家庭应急计划和准备情况。
这是一项对尼日利亚扎里亚市医务人员进行的横断面描述性研究（2013年5月至7月）。结构化问卷询问了受访者的社会人口学特征、家中是否有应急门、屋内屋外安全措施的教育情况、家中熟知位置的燃气、电力和水的切断装置，以及灾害发生时的书面文件/政策。此外，还询问了是否有计划的培训/演练/宣传活动，是否有家庭成员和支持机构的联系信息。
大多数受访者为男性，共56人（80.0%），年龄在46 - 50岁之间（20.0%）。只有8.6%的人承认家中有关于应急管理的不成文政策。同样，只有8.6%的人会抽出时间教导家人应急管理知识。只有27人（38.6%）有应急物资包，在这一组中，水似乎是受访者最为关注的基本组成部分，而遗漏了特殊物品。受访者在灾害期间与可能的支持服务/机构的沟通计划显示，大多数人有联系地址，或对医院和救护车服务有肯定的计划，而对广播电台和电视台的计划较少。
扎里亚市医务人员的家庭应急计划和准备情况极低。在研究区域，在需要采取何种措施加强准备的知识与将准备建议内化为实际行动之间存在差距。
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