Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 195-201.e12 , September 2008

Assessing Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Comparison of an On-Site Survey, Directly Observed Drill Performance, and Video Analysis of Teamwork

  • Amy H. Kaji, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA
    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA
    • The South Bay Disaster Resource Center at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Amy H. Kaji, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Box 21, Torrance, CA 90509; 310-222-3500, fax 310-782-1763
    • ,
  • Vinette Langford, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • MedTeams and Healthcare Programs Training Development and Implementation, Dynamics Research Corporation, Andover, MA
    • ,
  • Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA
    • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA

Received 11 August 2007 ,Revised 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 29 October 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Jonathan L. Burstein, MD

 Author contributions: AHK and RJL conceived and designed the study and obtained research funding. AHK and RJL supervised the conduct of the data collection. AHK undertook recruitment of participating centers and managed the data. AHK and RJL analyzed the data from the on-site survey and the disaster drill. VL analyzed the data for teamwork behaviors from the video. AHK drafted the article, and all 3 authors contributed substantially to its revision. All authors had full access to the data and take full responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. AHK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online January 11, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01736-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.10.026

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 195-201.e12 , September 2008

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