A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs

Aurora B. Le; Rene Herron; Jocelyn J. Herstein; Katelyn C. Jelden; Elizabeth L. Beam; Shawn G. Gibbs; John J. Lowe; Todd D. Smith

doi:10.1017/dmp.2017.142

A Gap Analysis Survey of US Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Members to Determine Highly Infectious Disease Training and Education Needs

Aurora B. Le, Rene Herron, Jocelyn J. Herstein, Katelyn C. Jelden, Elizabeth L. Beam, Shawn G. Gibbs, John J. Lowe, Todd D. Smith

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Objective Despite lessons learned from the recent Ebola epidemic, attempts to survey and determine non-health care worker, industry-specific needs to address highly infectious diseases have been minimal. The aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) industry is often overlooked in highly infectious disease training and education, even though it is critical to their field due to elevated occupational exposure risk during their operations.Methods A 44-question gap analysis survey was distributed to the ARFF Working Group to determine where highly infectious education and training can be improved. In total, N=245 responses were initiated and collected. Descriptive statistics were generated utilizing Qualtrics Software Version 2016.17

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	675-679
Number of pages	5
Journal	Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.142
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

Keywords

emergency responders
infection control
occupational exposure

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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