Other author/creator | Altevogt, Bruce M. |
Other author/creator | Stroud, Clare. |
Other author/creator | Wizemann, Theresa M. |
Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events. |
Other author/creator | World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine (17th : 2011 : Beijing, China) |
Contents |
Introduction -- Surge capacity planning and crisis standards of care -- The International Health Regulations treaty -- Closing comments. |
Abstract |
When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to shortages of critical resources. At the 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, the IOM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness sponsored a session that focused on the promise of and challenges to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25). |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Other forms | Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2012405369 |
ISBN | 9780309221788 |
ISBN | 0309221781 |