Beyramijam Mehdi, Khankeh Hamid Reza, Farrokhi Mehrdad, Ebadi Abbas, Masoumi Gholamreza, Nouri-Sari Hassan
Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Instituted, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Dec 29;9:351. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_416_20. eCollection 2020.
Disasters occur almost everywhere in the world, and preparation is essential. Preparedness is an effective approach for disaster management, and it is crucial for the health systems, especially the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) agencies. This systematic review will be conducted to assess the preparedness levels of EMS agencies in the world for the response to disasters and explore the key dimensions and strategies to enhance it.
This systematic literature review will be conducted to search comprehensively the articles published between 2000 and 2019 to explore the disaster preparedness of EMS Agencies. To this end, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar will be thoroughly assessed. The following terms and expression will be used for searching the databases: "EMS" and other keywords "Disaster Preparedness," "Mass Casualty Incident," "Mass Gathering," "Terrorist incident," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and CBRNE, Disaster, included: 'Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness, Readiness.
To the best of our knowledge, no systematic review study has been conducted on disaster preparedness of EMS agencies in the world. This is the first study to address this gape. It will also explore the key dimensions of disaster preparedness in EMS services and the strategies to enhance their preparedness.
Identifying the key dimensions of disaster preparedness is the first step in designing valid assessment tools to evaluate disaster preparedness of EMS service. This study will provide valuable guides for EMS administrators and researchers in an attempt to enhance of preparedness of EMS systems in disasters.
灾害几乎在世界各处发生，做好准备至关重要。备灾是灾害管理的有效途径，对卫生系统尤其是紧急医疗服务（EMS）机构而言至关重要。本系统评价旨在评估全球EMS机构应对灾害的准备水平，并探索提升准备水平的关键维度和策略。
本系统文献评价将全面检索2000年至2019年发表的文章，以探究EMS机构的灾害准备情况。为此，将对PubMed、Scopus、科学网和谷歌学术进行全面评估。搜索数据库时将使用以下术语和表述：“EMS”以及其他关键词“灾害准备”“大规模伤亡事件”“大型活动”“恐怖事件”“大规模杀伤性武器”以及“化学、生物、放射、核及爆炸物”、灾害，包括：“应急准备”“准备”“就绪”。
据我们所知，尚未对全球EMS机构的灾害准备情况进行系统评价研究。这是第一项填补这一空白的研究。它还将探究EMS服务中灾害准备的关键维度以及提升其准备水平的策略。
确定灾害准备的关键维度是设计有效评估工具以评估EMS服务灾害准备情况的第一步。本研究将为EMS管理人员和研究人员提供有价值的指导，以提升EMS系统在灾害中的准备水平。
