Medical Surge Capacity
eBook - ePub

Medical Surge Capacity

Workshop Summary

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eBook - ePub

Medical Surge Capacity

Workshop Summary

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About this book

During natural disasters, disease pandemics, terrorist attacks, and other public health emergencies, the health system must be prepared to accommodate a surge in the number of individuals seeking medical help. For the health community, a primary concern is how to provide care to individuals during such high demand, when the health system's resources are exhausted and there are more patients than the system can accommodate.The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop June 10-11, 2009, to assess the capability of and tools available to federal, state, and local governments to respond to a medical surge. In addition, participants discussed strategies for the public and private sectors to improve preparedness for such a surge. The workshop brought together leaders in the medical and public health preparedness fields, including policy makers from federal agencies and state and local public health departments; providers from the health care community; and health care and hospital administrators. This document summarizes the workshop.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780309152372
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. Workshop Planning Committee*
  4. Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events*
  5. Reviewers
  6. Contents
  7. Workshop Summary1
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
  10. THE COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE: DEFINITIONS, STANDARDS, AND METRICS
  11. LEGAL AUTHORITIES AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
  12. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ALTERNATE CARE
  13. ESTABLISHING ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES
  14. CREATING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH
  15. AT-RISK POPULATIONS: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EFFECTS AND MEDICAL NEEDS
  16. FATALITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
  17. RAMPING DOWN AND RECOVERY FROM A MASS-CASUALTY INCIDENT
  18. FINANCING SURGE CAPACITY AND PREPAREDNESS
  19. CONCLUSIONS
  20. A References
  21. B Agenda
  22. C Registered Attendees
  23. D Surge Medical Response Capability: What Is It? How Do We Get It? How Do We Know When We Have It?
  24. E Alternate Care Systems: Stratification of Care
  25. F Creating Situational Awareness: A Systems Approach
  26. G Vulnerable Populations in Disasters: Health Effects and Needs
  27. H Fatalities Management Strategies
  28. I Financing Surge Capacity and Preparedness