title: Evaluation of an International Disaster Relief Team After Participation in an ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Relief Exercise.
abstract: Devastating disasters around the world directly contribute to significant increases in human mortality and economic costs. The objective of this study was to examine the current state of the Korea Disaster Relief Team that participated in an international training module.
  
  
  
  The whole training period was videotaped in order to observe and evaluate the respondents. The survey was carried out after completion of the 3-day training, and the scores were reported by use of a 5-point Likert scale.
  
  
  
  A total of 43 respondents were interviewed for the survey, and the results showed that the overall preparedness score for international disasters was 3.4±1.6 (mean±SD). The awareness of the Incident Command System for international disasters was shown to be low (3.5±1.1). Higher scores were given to personnel who took on leadership roles in the team and who answered "I knew my duty" (4.4±0.6) in the survey, as well as to the training participants who answered "I clearly knew my duty" (4.5±0.5).
  
  
  
  The preparedness level of the Korea Disaster Relief Team was shown to be insufficient, whereas understanding of the roles of leaders and training participants in the rescue team was found to be high. It is assumed that the preparedness level for disaster relief must be improved through continued training. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;1-5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Il
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5735-3585
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Hyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9664-9186
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Oh Hyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8415-0318
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Sung
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9897-4273
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Oh
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4585-3181
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1696-9401
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine,Wonju College of Medicine,Yonsei University,Wonju,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Chul
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D054597:Disaster Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: disaster; disaster relief team; incident response; rescue