Can you count on Willing To Respond (WTR) results? In a pandemic, you may be alone

Authors : Onur HAKOĞLU, Ahmet DEMİRCAN, Ayfer KELEŞ, Fikret BİLDİK, İsa KILIÇASLAN, Burak BEKGÖZ, Mustafa Ramiz TEL, Hasan KARABULUT, Habibe Selmin ÖZENSOY, Uğur GÜLÖKSÜZ, Zeynep YAVUZ

Pages : 482-487

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Publication Date : 2022-03-18

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective Willingness To Respond insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WTR); is the measurement of employees` preferences to come to work during off-hours when needed. Are these answers given before a disaster realistic? Another question of the study was, `Can we speed up the required staff to reach the hospital?` Methods WTR survey has applied to emergency service staff. After that, the off-duty staff was called to work at a time they did not know beforehand. The study tried to identify how much WTR reflected the reality. Results Ninety of 98 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(91.8%); participants whose surveys were evaluated answered `Yes` to `If you are called in case of disaster, would you come to duty?` question. When asked whether they will come to work according to disaster types, this rate was measured as 36.7% in `In the case of an infectious disease of which treatment is not clear`. Conclusions WTR surveys can be used to predict the level of participation of staff on off-hours in meeting the need for additional labor. These surveys` results can be expected to be similar to the labor participation rates in case of a real disaster and the arrival time of the staff at the hospital can be improved with new communication methods.
Keywords : emergency, disaster, hospital incident command system

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