[Assess the disaster preparedness of the selected military hospitals]

ABSTRACT

Hospitals are the main referral center injured in accidents. Military hospital due to security dimension, have an important role in times of crisis So they need to get ready for the crisis. This study aimed to assess the disaster preparedness system is designed in selected Military hospitals. This is a cross - sectional, discriptive study in 12 selected Military hospitals. A questionnaire with 210 question was used for data collection and analysed with spss18. The overall rating of the hospital disaster preparedness was medium [56/80]. According to essential role of the military hospital in disaster management, The results did not meet expectations andneed to revise the policy