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"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 du...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Otros Autores: Altevogt, Bruce M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Disaster medicine > United States > Congresses.
Emergency medical services > United States > Congresses.
Emergency medical services.
Emergency management.
Emergency Medical Services [MESH]
Emergency Medical Services
Surge Capacity > organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services > organization & administration
Disaster Medicine > organization & administration
Disaster Planning [MESH]
Disaster Planning
Médecine de catastrophes > États-Unis > Congrès.
Services des urgences médicales > États-Unis > Congrès.
Services des urgences médicales.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
emergency medical centers.
disaster planning.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Emergency Medical Services.
HEALTH & FITNESS > First Aid.
Disaster medicine.
United States
United States.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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."--Publisher's description.
Notas:Summary of presentations and discussions which took place at a workshop held in Washington, D.C. on June 10-11, 2009.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 162 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68).
ISBN:9780309146753
0309146755
1282554301
9781282554306

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