Development of a State Medical Surge Plan, Part II: Components of a Medical Surge Plan

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• Personal Author:
  Baker L ; Barton R ; Buttrey J ; Connelly C ; Morris S ; Moser R Jr. ; Saffle J ; Whitney JR
• Description:
  In 2003, the Utah State Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for burn or critical trauma patients. A prior article discussed the planning procedures and process. This article describes the major components of the plan, including analysis of threats, direction and control, activation and system response; communications; and critical issues. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Warfare Agents Delivery Of Health Care Disaster Planning Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-warfare-agents Biological-weapons Disaster-planning Emergency-equipment Emergency-response Emergency-treatment Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-services Management-personnel Medical-care

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• ISSN:
  1540-2487
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19-24
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037352
• Citation:
  Disaster Manag Response 2006 Jan/Mar; 4(1):19-24
• Contact Point Address:
  Royce Moser, Jr, MD, MPH, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
• Email:
  Royce.Moser@hsc.utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Disaster Management & Response
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7513921d703d5764c6392b24445a7c68e080493930e98e225902e337de6321e9b7a36b137ce64c3832927b4fcfde1e5d67f21d87420a9678ffa2327d73620ac1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188453/cdc_188453_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 78.04 KB ]