آمادگی مقابله با حوادث غیرمترقبه در بیمارستان های دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم (1389)

Background: the city of jahrom is one of the phenomenal zones of the country and therefore, the city hospitals must have the potential to act in emergency situations. objective: this research was intended to determine the degree of disaster preparedness in the hospitals affiliated to the jahrom university of medical science.methods: the descriptive study carried out in 2 teaching general hospitals of jahrom university of medical science, jahrom (iran) in 2010. data collection was performed using a researcher-made checklist questionnaire composed of 230 questions. for every 10 variables, a collection of 5 domains including the equipments, logistic, personnel, place, and work process was considered. checklist validity was accepted by face and content validity and its reliability calculated by test re- test method and speaman’s test (r=0.88).findings: the hospitals’ preparedness was found to be very week in transfer and evacuation; weak in admission, communication, and management; moderate in emergency, traffic, personnel, security, and logistic; and very good in education. the overall preparedness was at moderate level. conclusion: improving the disaster preparedness requires the hospitals to follow programs mostly focused on transfer and evacuation, admission, communication, and management.