Surge capacity principles: Care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages e1S-e16S

  Hick, John L ^a   Einav, Sharon ^b   Hanfling, Dan ^c,d   Kissoon, Niranjan ^e   Dichter, Jeffrey R ^f,g   Devereaux, Asha V ^h   Christian, Michael D ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Allina Health Laboratories   (United States)

^g AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^h Sharp Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; SURGE CAPACITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTERS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; SURGE CAPACITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84908479162     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0733     Document Type: Article

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