ACEP Disaster Medicine Section Survey

1.How long have you been practicing emergency medicine?
2.How do you identify?
3.How old are you?
4.Are you currently a resident, fellow, or attending?
5.Your work setting is...?
6.What state do you primarily practice in?
7.Do you know the definition of a disaster, as it pertains to the medical community?
8.Do you know, generally speaking, the roles of a disaster medicine specialist?
9.Did you know that there is an ACEP Disaster Medicine Section?
10.Do you feel that Disaster Medicine training is pertinent to the general practice of emergency medicine physicians?
11.Are you familiar with your medical facility’s emergency management committee and their responsibilities?
12.Are you familiar with your medical facility’s emergency response plan or how to quickly access this resource?
13.How comfortable do you feel with the principles of mass casualty triage, disaster resource allocation, etc.?
14.If you were put in a position as the on-shift physician during a nearby/local disaster or mass casualty event, do you know, generally, your overall responsibilities?
15.If you were put in a position as the on-shift physician during a nearby/local disaster or mass casualty event, do you know, generally, the inter-facility and local pre-hospital resources available to you as outlined in your hospital’s emergency preparedness plan?
16.Are you familiar with your medical facility’s decontamination resources and processes, in the event of a chemical, biological, or radiological event?
17.On average, how many times per year does your medical facility offer virtual or in person disaster and/or mass casualty training for medical staff?
18.On average, how many times per year do you partake in training related to disaster emergency preparedness or response (hospital-led exercises, self-guided learning, third party trainings, etc.)?
19.What disaster medicine topics would you like to learn about?