Development of a State Medical Surge Plan, Part I: The Procedures, Process, and Lessons Learned or Confirmed

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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 Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan. The plan was designed to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for patients with burns or trauma patients. Interested parties were contacted and a coordinating group composed of Utah Department of Health and University of Utah Health Sciences Center representatives was formed, who were responsible for developing the plan. This article is Part I of a 2-part series that discusses the planning process and identification of a group of stakeholders who served as a planning task force, and concludes with a summary of lessons learned or confirmed during the planning process. Part II will discuss the content of the medical surge plan. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Warfare Agents Burns 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 Task-performance Traumatic-injuries Treatment

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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:
  112-117
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037354
• Citation:
  Disaster Manag Response 2005 Oct/Dec; 3(4):112-117
• 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:b6a4d9b916c1905ddf4640e6bccee9dd6a334aaa5b38df6a68edd1590ae703ba5764256727378ff95145bad96448da85ed9dec298f788008a7f116d7847393f8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188455/cdc_188455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 75.61 KB ]