Clinical review: Allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters - Problems, planning, and process

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hick, John L ^a,b   Rubinson, Lewis ^c   O'Laughlin, Daniel T ^a,d   Christopher, J Christopher ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VENTILATOR;

CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISASTER PLANNING; GOALS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37449003445     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5929     Document Type: Review

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