Emergency Management and Preparedness Training for Youth (EMPTY): The Results of the First Swedish Pilot StudyShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, ISSN 1935-7893, E-ISSN 1938-744X, Vol. 12, no 6, p. 685-688Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of a simulation training in raising a group of young students' personal and situational awareness in disasters and emergencies.
METHODS: In total, 25 young students participated in two simulation scenarios representing two actual events, fire, and shooting, using a combination of two validated simulation training (Emergency Management and Preparedness Training for Youth [EMPTY]). The changes in their knowledge and awareness were evaluated by using questionnaires and the whole simulation was evaluated by three independent observers and a reference group.
RESULTS: New concepts of emergency management, for example, evacuation, and barricading, could be trained in a safe environment. There was a significant increase in students' personal and situational awareness and their active engagement in the management of emergencies.
CONCLUSION: EMPTY could raise the youth basic knowledge and ability to understand the concept of preparedness by being mentally prepared, available for collaboration, gaining a higher confidence, understanding the physical and psychological consequences of a major incident and the importance of their own safety. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018; page 1 of 4).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. Vol. 12, no 6, p. 685-688
Keywords [en]
emergency preparedness, simulation, terrorism, youth
National Category
Learning Nursing Interaction Technologies
Research subject
NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-12132DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2017.144ISI: 000455577000005PubMedID: 29446341Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85042089583OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-12132DiVA, id: diva2:1184654
Note
Published online: 15 February 2018
2018-02-222018-02-222020-10-21Bibliographically approved