Abstract
Recent events and regulatory mandates have underlined the importance of medical planning and preparedness for catastrophic events. The purpose of this review is to provide a brief summary of current commonly identified threats, an overview of mass critical care management, and a discussion of resource allocation to provide the intensive care unit (ICU) director with a practical guide to help prepare and coordinate the activities of the multidisciplinary critical care team in the event of a disaster.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-10 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Intensive Care Medicine |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- critical care
- disaster
- emergency mass critical care
- mass critical care management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine