Crisis Standards of Care - A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers (Paperback, New)

Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. During such crises, hospitals and long-term care facilities may be without power; trained staff, ambulances, medical supplies and beds could be in short supply; and alternate care facilities may need to be used. Planning for these situations is necessary to provide the best possible health care during a crisis and, if needed, equitably allocate scarce resources. Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers examines indicators and triggers that guide the implementation of crisis standards of care and provides a discussion toolkit to help stakeholders establish indicators and triggers for their own communities. Together, indicators and triggers help guide operational decision making about providing care during public health and medical emergencies and disasters. Indicators and triggers represent the information and actions taken at specific thresholds that guide incident recognition, response, and recovery. This report discusses indicators and triggers for both a slow onset scenario, such as pandemic influenza, and a no-notice scenario, such as an earthquake. Crisis Standards of Care features discussion toolkits customized to help various stakeholders develop indicators and triggers for their own organizations, agencies, and jurisdictions. The toolkit contains scenarios, key questions, and examples of indicators, triggers, and tactics to help promote discussion. In addition to common elements designed to facilitate integrated planning, the toolkit contains chapters specifically customized for emergency management, public health, emergency medical services, hospital and acute care, and out-of-hospital care.

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Institute of Medicine • Board on Health Sciences Policy • Committee on Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for indicators and Triggers
Editors:	Clare Stroud • John L. Hick • Dan Hanfling
Dimensions:	254 x 210 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-28552-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	0-309-28552-6
Barcode:	9780309285520

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