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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965702803321

Titolo

Barriers to integrating crisis standards of care principles into international disaster response plans : workshop summary / / Bruce M. Altevogt, Clare Stroud, and Theresa Wizemann, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events ; Board on Health Sciences Policy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Institute of Medicine, : National Academies Press, 2012

ISBN

0-309-22181-1

1-280-38018-7

9786613558091

0-309-22179-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 30 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

AltevogtBruce M

StroudClare

WizemannTheresa M

Disciplina

363.34

Soggetti

Disaster relief

Emergency management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events ; Board on Health Sciences Policy."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Surge capacity planning and crisis standards of care -- The International Health Regulations treaty -- Closing comments.

Sommario/riassunto

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.