Introduction:
Trauma is a physical injury of sudden onset and severity to living tissue
caused by an extrinsic agent and may result in wounds, broken bones, or
internal organ damage. More than 9 people die every minute from trauma and 5.8
million people of all ages and economic groups die every year from accidental
injuries. Trauma is a neglected disease of the modern world. Healthcare
provider preparedness contributes to trauma patient survival.
Purpose: The main
objective of the study was to determine health professional factors influencing
trauma care preparedness among health care providers working in the accident
and emergency departments of the selected hospitals.
Materials and
Methods: This was a cross-sectional Analytic study. Census sampling was
used to select General Practitioner hospitals. A systematic sampling technique
was used to choose study participants from 11 selected hospitals. The study
participants were 183 health professionals (Doctors, Clinical Officers and
Nurses) working in the selected hospitals’ accident and emergency
departments. Data was collected using
structured questionnaires, and observation checklists. Data was analyzed using
a statistical package for Social Science software version 22.0. Inferential
statistics were used to test the strength of the association.
Results: Health
Professionals’ factors that influenced trauma care preparedness were; specific
training on trauma care (p=0.002), attending Continuing Professional
Development education (p=0.0008) and duration when last update was received (p=
0.04). Trauma care preparedness which
was the study outcome was defined as a score of at least 50% on the four areas
that were examined i.e. feeling on being prepared to attend to mass casualties,
team performing a primary survey on trauma patients, having guidelines on the
primary survey on trauma patients strongly agreeing that regular courses on
trauma care are useful in preparation for trauma care with each having a score
of 1 and overall expected score of 4.0.
Conclusion: Trauma is influenced by trauma-related
training, trauma-related continuing medical education, and the time since the
last trauma update was received. Healthcare professionals who work in accident
and emergency rooms must receive regular updates on trauma care as well as
trauma-related training.
Author(s)details:-
Dinnah Akosa Okwiri
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical Sciences, Masinde Muliro
University of Science and Technology, Kenya.
John Martin Okoth
Department of Nursing Research, Education and Management, Masinde Muliro
University of Science and Technology, Kenya.
Tecla Psusma Sum
Department of Paramedical Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science
and Technology, Kenya.
Please See the book
here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mria/v4/3627G
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