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Use of "shuttered" hospitals to expand surge capacity Prehosp Disaster Med, Vol. 23, No. 2. (2008), 121-7. INTRODUCTION: With limited available hospital beds in most urban areas, there are very few options when trying to relocate patients already within the hospital to make room for incoming patients from a mass-casualty incident (MCI) or epidemic (a patient surge). This study investigates the possibility and process for utilizing shuttered... Foreign field hospitals in the recent sudden-onset disasters in Iran, Haiti, Indonesia, and Pakistan Prehosp Disaster Med, Vol. 23, No. 2. (2008), 144-51; discussion 152-3. INTRODUCTION: Foreign field hospitals (FFHs) may provide care for the injured and substitute for destroyed hospitals in the aftermath of sudden-onset disasters. PROBLEM: In the aftermath of sudden-onset disasters, FFHs have been focused on providing emergency trauma care for the initial 48 hours following the sudden-onset disasters, while... Mobile hospital raises questions about hospital surge capacity Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 295, No. 13. (2006), 1499-+. R Voelker Ability of regional hospitals to meet projected avian flu pandemic surge capacity requirements Prehospital Disaster Med, Vol. 23, No. 2. (2008), 103-12. INTRODUCTION: Hospital surge capacity is a crucial part of community disaster preparedness planning, which focuses on the requirements for additional beds, equipment, personnel, and special capabilities. The scope and urgency of these requirements must be balanced with a practical approach addressing cost and space concerns. Renewed concerns for infectious disease... The art and science of surge: Experience from Israel and the US military Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 11. (2006), 1130-1134. In a disaster or mass casualty incident, health care resources may be exceeded and systems may be challenged by unusual requirements. These resources may include pharmaceuticals, supplies, and equipment as well as certain types of academic and administrative expertise. New agencies and decision makers may need to work together in...

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