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Table 5 Respondents view regarding In-hospital trauma care and emergency preparedness

From: Perception of the healthcare professionals towards the current trauma and emergency care system in Kabul, Afghanistan: a mixed method study

Indicators

N = 35

n

%

Less than 25% of the population have access to 24-h facility-based emergency care

28

80

Some emergency units have protocols to govern key emergency conditions, but these are not consistently used

25

71.4

Less than 25% of patients with an injury requiring emergent surgery have access to surgical care in a staffed operating theatre within 2 h of injury

19

54.2

25–50% of the trauma facilities have triage protocol with designated triage personnel

30

85.7

There is no regular assessment of the ability of the emergency care system to mobilize resources (human and physical) to respond to disasters, and other large-scale emergencies

28

80

There is emergency response plan, but it was created only by one agency, and not in conjunction with other necessary agencies.

26

74.3

There is no system-level plan in place for extraordinary events that specifically identifies a source for additional human resource and alternate transportation mechanism

29

83