Impact of operational staging to improve patient throughput in an inner-city emergency department during the novel H1N1 influenza surge: A descriptive study

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-42

  Waseem, Muhammad ^a   McInerney, Joan E ^a   Perales, Orlando ^a   Leber, Mark ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department operations; emergency preparedness and response; novel H1N1 influenza; staging; surge capability

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SURGE CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WORKFLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855464556     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823f23fb     Document Type: Article

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