Effect of Radiation Accident Triage Training by Simulation Maneuvers and Workshop Training Methods on the Rate of Radiation Triage Error in Military Rescuers

Document Type : Original article

Authors

1 MSc of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,iran

2 Instructor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Nuclear-radioactive disasters pose major challenges to the health systems; therefore, pre-hospital triage training is of special importance. In this regard, it seems that simulation maneuvers training may be more effective than the workshops training method since it stimulates more feedbacks. However, no study has confirmed this up to date. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effect of radiation triage training through simulation maneuvers and workshop training methods on the rate of radiation triage error in military rescuers.
Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study with the pretest-posttest design was conducted on 30 rescuers in Mashhad military barracks, Mashhad, Iran, in July 2020. The Sampling was performed randomly from two centers and the study participants were divided into two groups of intervention (simulation maneuvers) and control (workshop training). The main tools in this study included a researcher-made questionnaire and the OSCE checklist that its validity and reliability were confirmed. The pre-test was performed first and the post-test was conducted using OSCE after two weeks. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software (version 20).
Results: The mean age of the participants was 22 years and 46% had a diploma. The groups were homogenous at the pre-test of radiation triage skill. The difference between the correct triage scores of intervention and control groups was significant at post-test. The triage error in the intervention and control groups were estimated at 10.7±3.36 and 38.7±5.64 at post-test. Moreover, the difference between over-triage and under-triage scores in the intervention and control groups was significant at the post-test.
Conclusion: Under-triage error in the workshop training method is significantly higher compared to that in the simulation maneuvers training method. Therefore, the workshop training method is not recommended for radiological triage training programs.

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Navid No
Volume 24, Issue 78
October 2021
Pages 21-30

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