Knowledge and Awareness about Emergency Colour Codes among Resident

Doctors and Nursing Staffs of Tertiary Care Facility of District Etawah

Dr. Deepanshi Saxena1, Dr. P.K.Jain2, Dr. Naresh Pal2, Dr. S.K.Shukla2,
Dr. Prashant kr. Bajpai 3

1-PG- 1st Year, 2- Professor and Head, 3-Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine,
Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah

Table 1 : Knowledge about Emergency Colour Codes among study

INTRODUCTIO participants (n=120)
N
 Emergency codes are used by hospitals to act urgently during life- Study Subjects
threatening emergencies and are core principles of National Incident SN. Knowledge about Emergency
Resident Nursing P value
Colour Codes Doctors Staff
Management System.
 This effective communication helps staffs and doctors to take
1. Knowledge about emergency colour codes
needed actions.
 This comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident Yes 52 18 < 0.05
management, includes the command and coordination of incidents, No 20 30
resource management, and information management. 2 Knowledge about correct meaning of each code
 Therefore it is important for all resident doctors and nursing staffs Yes 19 12 0.865
to be aware and have knowledge about it.
No 53 36
 Along with them every individual in community should have
knowledge and skills about Basic Life Support to contribute in 3 Knowledge of any recommended fire disaster management plan
saving lives. in your hospital set up
Yes 11 9
AIMS & No 61 39
0.617
OBJECTIVES
1) To assess the knowledge and awareness about emergency colour 4 Information about extinguishing techniques using a fire
codes among resident doctors and nursing staffs of tertiary care extinguisher
health centre.
Yes 55 38 0.721
2) To find out the training status of Advanced Cardiac Life Support
and Basic Life Support among resident doctors and nursing staffs. No 17 10
5 Knowledge about potential hazardous material in your hospital
MATERIAL & Yes 65 42 0.631
METHODOLOGY
Study Design: A Cross-sectional study No 7 6
Study Area: U.P.U.M..S., Saifai Table 2 : Awareness about questions related to emergency colour codes
Study Period: Two month among study participants (n=120)
Study Participants: Resident Doctors and Nursing Staffs Study Subjects
Sampling Technique: Purposive sampling SN. Awareness Resident Nursing P value
Sample Size:120 Doctors Staff
Inclusion criteria:
• Resident doctors and nursing staffs who gave consent for the study. Team members dedicated to resuscitation team
• Resident doctors and nursing staffs who were present in the hospital 1 Yes 49 45
< 0.05
at the time of data collection. No 23 3
Exclusion criteria: Guidelines being followed for the training of resuscitation team
• Newly recruited nursing staff and first year resident doctors. 2 Yes 46 18
Data Collection Tool: Pre-designed pretested semi structured < 0.05
No 26 30
questionnaire
Acronym: Remove, Activate, Contain, Extinguish- (R.A.C.E.)
Statistical Analysis: Data were entered in excel sheet and were
3 Yes 19 10
analysed by using IBM SPSS version 24. Descriptive statistics was 0.486
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calculated for quantitative variables. Chi-square and Fischer-exact test
was used for analysis of categorical variables. P value less than 0.05 Emergency operation plan activation
was taken statistically significant. 4 Yes 12 8
1.000
OBSERVATIONS & results No 60 40

• Out of 120 participants, 60% (72/120) were resident doctors and Various exit routes of your department/ hospital and emergency
numbers
40% (48/120) were nursing staffs. 5
• Most of the resident doctors (47/72) were trained in Basic Life Yes 61 47
< 0.05
Support as compared to Advanced Cardiac Life Support. No 11 1
Hazardous material spill/ release
Fig 1 : Awareness about Emergency Colour Codes among study
6 Yes 58 35
participants (n=120) 0.326
No 14 13
Awareness about Emergency Color Codes among CONCLUSIO
study participants • Knowledge and awareness regarding emergency colour codes was very
N
poor among resident doctors and nursing staffs and also training was
53% not done in BLS and ACLS.
47% RECOMMENDATIO
• It is highly recommended to hospital administration to inculcate
NSemergency colour codes , BLS and ACLS as mandatory course not
only in curriculum but also to provide regular refresher course as well
as hands-on experience.
Poor Awareness • Resident doctors and nursing staffs should be skilled in these as they
Good Awareness face emergencies on a day–to-day basis.