Preparedness and Response Guidelines Address Medical Surges

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has released a report (pdf) to help healthcare organizations and coalitions plan for mass casualty incidents or medical surges.

The report, "Healthcare Preparedness Capabilities: National Guidance for Healthcare System Preparedness," suggests healthcare organizations and relevant stakeholders should develop a plan to maximize surge capacity for medical surge incidents. Some components of this plan may include the following:

•    Surge assessment.
•    Decompression (clear) of critical beds.
•    Locally available resource assistance (mobile equipment and caches of supplies).
•    Alternate surge sites (healthcare organization or healthcare coalition).
•    Alternate care sites.
•    Coordination to address mass death in healthcare facilities.
•    Volunteers and other staff resources.
•    Crisis standards of care.

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