Intensive Care Role in Disaster Management Critical Care Clinics

Tanzib Hossain, Marya Ghazipura, Jeffrey R. Dichter

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Abstract

The “daily disasters” within the ebb and flow of routine critical care provide a foundation of preparedness for the less-frequent, larger events that affect most health care organizations at some time. Although large disasters can overwhelm, those who strengthen processes and habits through daily practice will be the best prepared to manage them.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)535-550
Number of pages16
JournalCritical Care Clinics
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Disclosures: T. Hossain, J.R. Dichter, and M. Ghazipura have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this article. T. Hossain and J.R. Dichter are members of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care, an academic group composed of critical care professionals who do research in disaster preparedness.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • Conventional, contingency, and crisis care
  • Disaster preparedness
  • ICU strain
  • Prioritization
  • Surge capacity
  • Triage

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