Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna)
A survey of 230 young people from 12 countries from Europe and Asia has been made. A high percentage of respondents (42 %) have experienced a flood. Most respondents (64.6 %) have not been informed whether they live in a flood-risk area. Self-assessment of respondents’ ability to provide first aid i...
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doaj-d7ed0fef12df4e468fd2f1cc5f0d03362021-09-05T14:01:17ZengSciendoRevista Academiei Forţelor Terestre2247-840X2019-12-0124432633110.2478/raft-2019-0041raft-2019-0041Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna)Romanova Hristianna0Yotov Todor1Zahariev Vili2Medical University, Varna, BulgariaMedical University, Varna, BulgariaMedical University, Sofia, BulgariaA survey of 230 young people from 12 countries from Europe and Asia has been made. A high percentage of respondents (42 %) have experienced a flood. Most respondents (64.6 %) have not been informed whether they live in a flood-risk area. Self-assessment of respondents’ ability to provide first aid in flood situations is high (75 %), but the overall disaster preparedness is low because 78.9 % of respondents say they feel unprepared. The awareness and readiness of the studied group of 230 young foreigners temporarily residing the country are evaluated as follows: very good in providing CPR; with a good knowledge of flood epidemic consequences 80 % will take effective measures against the risk of intestinal contagious disease, and 81.5% will be saved from drowning because they can swim; lower, but still good preparedness for wound and arterial bleeding first aid (close to 40 %), mechanisms of contamination transmission by means of objects (33,3 %), use of disinfectants in the case of epidemics (45,4 %); very low readiness for rapid evacuation incases of floods and other disasters (only 5.3 % have a bug-out bag), etc.https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0041floodheavy rainfalltopogenic disasterspreparednessawareness |
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Romanova Hristianna Yotov Todor Zahariev Vili |
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Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna) |
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Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna) |
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Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna) |
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Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna) |
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Research of the Awareness and Preparedness for Floods of Foreigners Temporarily Residing in Bulgaria (Varna) |
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research of the awareness and preparedness for floods of foreigners temporarily residing in bulgaria (varna) |
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Revista Academiei Forţelor Terestre |
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A survey of 230 young people from 12 countries from Europe and Asia has been made. A high percentage of respondents (42 %) have experienced a flood. Most respondents (64.6 %) have not been informed whether they live in a flood-risk area. Self-assessment of respondents’ ability to provide first aid in flood situations is high (75 %), but the overall disaster preparedness is low because 78.9 % of respondents say they feel unprepared. The awareness and readiness of the studied group of 230 young foreigners temporarily residing the country are evaluated as follows: very good in providing CPR; with a good knowledge of flood epidemic consequences 80 % will take effective measures against the risk of intestinal contagious disease, and 81.5% will be saved from drowning because they can swim; lower, but still good preparedness for wound and arterial bleeding first aid (close to 40 %), mechanisms of contamination transmission by means of objects (33,3 %), use of disinfectants in the case of epidemics (45,4 %); very low readiness for rapid evacuation incases of floods and other disasters (only 5.3 % have a bug-out bag), etc. |
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flood heavy rainfall topogenic disasters preparedness awareness |
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https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0041 |
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