Abstract:

Aim: The research was carried out with the aim of qualitatively evaluating the hospital disaster and emergency plan knowledge level of health workers who will take part in the preparation, response and rehabilitation stages in crisis management and disaster relief.

Method: The research was conducted descriptively between the dates of 15.10.2015 and 15.12.2015. The population of the research consisted of health professionals and personnel working in 12 public/private health institutions (7 public + 5 private) providing health services in Eskişehir, and the sample consisted of 2,672 participants who voluntarily accepted to participate in the study.

Results: Considering the participants' participation in disaster and emergency training, 72.75% of them attended in-service training about disasters and emergencies in the hospital where they worked, and the highest number of participants were fire (61.56%), earthquake (25%, 00) and basic disaster awareness training (19.12%), and 13.10% of those who received HAP training. 87.40% of the participants evaluated the training they attended as “very useful-useful”. When the knowledge level of the participants about the Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan (HAP) of the hospital they work was questioned, 62% of them stated that the hospital did not have a HAP plan.

Conclusion: Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plan knowledge level is low. While organizing HAP-related trainings, it should be prevented that trainings remain at an abstract level. It is necessary to take measures to remove the trainings on Disaster and Emergency from the vicious circle of fire education, to review the training programs accordingly, and to increase the awareness of the trainers on this issue.

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