Sally Furniss
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Health workers not prepared for mass casualties
By Beck Vass
4:00 AM Monday Jul 19, 2010
More than half the country's emergency medical staff feel under-prepared for a mass casualty event and more than 40 per cent of doctors and nurses believe the country is not prepared for the Rugby World Cup, a study has shown.
Sultan Alshaqsi, a student at the Otago University School of Medicine, is carrying out the study as part of his PhD. It involves interviewing 1500 doctors, nurses and paramedics in a 25-question survey.
He said his preliminary findings, based on half of the total responses, had shown serious deficiencies in how prepared healthcare professionals are for a major event.
By Beck Vass
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10659727
By Beck Vass
4:00 AM Monday Jul 19, 2010
More than half the country's emergency medical staff feel under-prepared for a mass casualty event and more than 40 per cent of doctors and nurses believe the country is not prepared for the Rugby World Cup, a study has shown.
Sultan Alshaqsi, a student at the Otago University School of Medicine, is carrying out the study as part of his PhD. It involves interviewing 1500 doctors, nurses and paramedics in a 25-question survey.
He said his preliminary findings, based on half of the total responses, had shown serious deficiencies in how prepared healthcare professionals are for a major event.
By Beck Vass
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10659727