Indonesian Anesthesiologists Preparedness for COVID-19 Surge Capacity in the Early Pandemic.
Med J Islam Repub Iran
; 36: 59, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Anesthesiologists play a crucial role in every disaster event, including biological disasters by COVID-19. This medical specialty should be prepared for a surge in patients due to a pandemic. The present study aims to evaluate the preparedness of anesthesiologists in facing the surge in the number of COVID-19 patients at the beginning of the pandemic in Indonesia.Methods:
This is a descriptive cross-sectional study using an online survey to Anesthesiologists in Indonesia, with snowballing sampling method. A distribution frequency was used to describe the univariate analysis results of the variables. Pearson correlation was used to test the correlation between perceived resource adequacy/availability and perceived preparedness to face the surge.Results:
A total of 141 anesthesiologists participated in our online survey; 47% of responders said they do not have enough staff, while 53% said that their staff did not have sufficient knowledge of handling the critical COVID-19 patients. They also reported limited resources, especially the limited isolation space and N95 masks. The correlation analysis indicated a strong and significant relationship between limited resources and the preparedness of anesthesiologists.Conclusion:
At the beginning of the pandemic, Indonesian Anesthesiologists felt that they still had very limited resources, leading to unpreparedness to deal with the surge in the number of COVID-19 patients with critical conditions.
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MEDLINE
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Observational_studies
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En
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Med J Islam Repub Iran
Año:
2022
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Article
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Indonesia