Table 4.
Health professionals' level of agreement on pre hospital or pre health facility and hospital or health facility based fire management actions, Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia, March 2014
| Items | Level of agreement | |||
| Don't know | Disagree | Uncertain | Agree | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Pre hospital or health facility fire management includes: | ||||
| Organize and establish control authority (n=377) | 28(7.4) | 22(5.8) | 41(10.9) | 286(75.9) |
| Extinguish the fire | 16(4.2) | 21(5.6) | 46(12.2) | 294(78.0) |
| Conduct Rapid Needs Assessment (n=375) | 19(5.0) | 20(5.3) | 51(13.5) | 285(75.6) |
| Search and Rescue and evacuation of victims (n=376) | 20(5.3) | 23(6.1) | 62(16.4) | 271(71.9) |
| Initial triage and First Aid to the victims (n=377) | 5(1.3) | 6(1.6) | 34(9.0) | 332(88.1) |
| Transport victims to health facility (n=375) | 6(1.6) | 10(2.7) | 31(8.2) | 328(87.0) |
| Use available resources & mobilize for others if needed (n=370) | 4(1.1) | 14(3.7) | 39(10.3) | 313(83.0) |
| Hospital or health facility based operations of fire management include: | ||||
| Activate hospital or health facility contingency plans (n=376) | 21(5.6) | 18(4.8) | 52(13.8) | 285(75.6) |
| Assess magnitude, severity, number of victims (n=377) | 11(2.9) | 32(8.5) | 67(17.8) | 267(70.8) |
| Establish advance teams to the fire site (n=375) | 13(3.4) | 17(4.5) | 41(10.9) | 304(80.6) |
| Establish receiving mechanism and prepare admission ward (n=371) | 11(2.9) | 11(2.9) | 26(6.9) | 323(85.7) |
| Identification of burn emergency team (n=374) | 11(2.9) | 15(4.0) | 47(12.5) | 301(79.8) |
| Treat and manage victims according to degree of burns (n=374) | 0 | 11(2.9) | 26(6.9) | 337(89.4) |
| Refer the patient to higher health institutions (n=374) | 2(.5) | 15(4.0) | 37(9.8) | 320(84.9) |
| Establish special burn treatment centres (n=375) | 12(3.2) | 39(10.3) | 52(13.8) | 272(72.1) |
| Alleviate shock by fluids, transfusion, surgery etc (n=374) | 9(2.4) | 16(4.2) | 34(9.0) | 315(83.6) |
| Certify death if any and provide mortuary facilities (n=370) | 15(4.0) | 17(4.5) | 38(10.1) | 300(79.6) |
| Keep records and inform appropriate authorities (n=375) | 20(5.3) | 6(1.6) | 22(5.8) | 327(86.7) |
| Monitoring, evaluation and rehabilitation (n=374) | 2(.5) | 8(2.1) | 22(5.8) | 342(90.7) |