A study of emergency medical service personnel and law enforcement official willingness to respond to disasters

IF 1.9 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-23 DOI:10.1002/RHC3.12212

Erick B. Knezek, V. T. Vu, Jim Lee

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Abstract

In every disaster scenario, emergency responders face tremendous uncertainty and risk that would influence their willingness to respond (WTR). Hence, it is important to gain better understanding of psychological root causes for emergency responders to abandon their roles and, in turn, to develop better disaster response strategies. Our recent study has shown that the overall WTR of Louisiana EMS and LEO personnel is 69.9%. In addition, emergency responders’ WTR decreased as perceived threat increased. The statistically significant influences on WTR were fear of working an unfamiliar role, concern for family, self-safety, feeling well-prepared to respond, duty to colleagues, and increasing the frequency of training.

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紧急医疗服务人员和执法人员应对灾害意愿的研究

在每一种灾难场景中，应急响应者都面临着巨大的不确定性和风险，这将影响他们的响应意愿（WTR）。因此，重要的是要更好地了解应急人员放弃角色的心理根源，进而制定更好的灾害应对策略。我们最近的研究表明，路易斯安那州EMS和LEO人员的总体WTR为69.9%。此外，应急响应人员的WTR随着感知威胁的增加而降低。对WTR的统计显著影响是害怕扮演陌生的角色、关心家人、自我安全、做好应对准备、对同事负责以及增加培训频率。

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