Exploring pre‐hospital healthcare workers' readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the State of Qatar: A cross‐sectional study

Hassan Farhat; Guillaume Alinier; Padarath Gangaram; Kawther El Aifa; Mohamed Chaker Khenissi; Sonia Bounouh; Moncef Khadhraoui; Imed Gargouri; James Laughton

doi:10.1002/hsr2.803

Exploring pre‐hospital healthcare workers' readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the State of Qatar: A cross‐sectional study

Hassan Farhat, Guillaume Alinier, Padarath Gangaram, Kawther El Aifa, Mohamed Chaker Khenissi, Sonia Bounouh, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, James Laughton

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Abstract: Background: Hazardous Material—Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (HazMat‐CBRN) incidents, though infrequent, are environmentally precarious and perilous to living beings. They can be deliberate or accidental or follow the re‐emergence of highly contagious diseases. Successful management of such incidents in pre‐hospital settings requires having well‐trained and prepared healthcare workers.

Aims: This study aimed to explore the reliability and validity of a satisfaction survey, answered by Specialized Emergency Management (SEM) personnel from a national Middle Eastern ambulance service, with a “Hazardous Material Incident Management” course offered to them as a continuing professional development activity and seek their opinion regarding Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service personnel needs for other HazMat‐CBRN related training topics.

Method: In the cross‐sectional study, we conducted an online satisfaction survey for this group of course participants to obtain their feedback as subject matter experts. Aiken's content validity coefficient (CVC) was calculated to assess the content validity. Cronbach's α coefficient was determined to explore the survey's reliability. IBM®‐SPSS® version 26 was utilized to explore the data.

Results: The SEM satisfaction survey demonstrated important satisfaction with the implemented training with its robust reliability and content validity (Cronbach's α = 0.922 and CVC = 0.952). The participants also recommended additional related topics. Conclusion: Sustaining and reinforcing the HazMat‐CBRN Incident Management course was strongly recommended, considering the increase of HazMat‐CBRN threats worldwide.

Original language	English
Article number	e803
Number of pages	11
Journal	Health Science Reports
Volume	5
Issue number	5
Early online date	30 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.803
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2022

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
HazMat‐CBRN
reliability
satisfaction
training
validity

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Farhat, H., Alinier, G., Gangaram, P., El Aifa, K., Khenissi, M. C., Bounouh, S., Khadhraoui, M., Gargouri, I., & Laughton, J. (2022). Exploring pre‐hospital healthcare workers' readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats in the State of Qatar: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports, 5(5), Article e803. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.803

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