Medical Surge Capacity: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine and Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

During natural disasters, disease pandemics, terrorist attacks, and other public health emergencies, the health system must be prepared to accommodate a surge in the number of individuals seeking medical help. For the health community, a primary concern is how to provide care to individuals during such high demand, when the health system's resources are exhausted and there are more patients than the system can accommodate. The IOM's Forum on Medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309146747
• ISBN13: 9780309146746
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 176 Pages