Effect the education of mass casualty incident (MCI) on knowledge, attitude, practice and satisfaction in Red Crescent workers Hamadan

One of the problems in disaster management is mass casualty incident (MCI). Red Crescent is one of the most important organs during and after accident. The objective of study was to the effect of education of MCI on knowledge, attitude and satisfaction Red Crescent workers Hamadan.
First, Red Crescent officials Hamadan were interviewed. According to their views, MCI as the most important challenge was considered. This study was a single group intervention. The study population comprised all relief workers of Red Crescent. Available or purposeful sampling was done and 40 persons participated in this study. Knowledge and attitudes were assessed before and after the workshop. Instruments included demographic characteristics and questionnaire of knowledge and attitude were. Data were statistically analyzed by SPSS version 15 and paired t test.
The mean score of knowledge were before the workshop 5/4 ± 0/4 and after the workshop 11/2 ± 1/3; the mean scores of attitude were before the workshop 6/1 ± 0/6 and after holding workshop 21/2 ± 3/5.
Since the knowledge and attitude of workers increased after training so we recommend it be used in other fields also.