Intensive Care Role in Disaster Management Critical Care Clinics

Tanzib Hossain; Marya Ghazipura; Jeffrey R Dichter

doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2019.06.004

Intensive Care Role in Disaster Management Critical Care Clinics

Crit Care Clin. 2019 Oct;35(4):535-550. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Authors

Tanzib Hossain¹, Marya Ghazipura², Jeffrey R Dichter³

Affiliations

¹ New York University Langone Medical Center, 462 First Avenue, 7N24, New York, NY 10016, USA.
² Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center, 330 East 39th Street, Suite 26B, New York, NY 10016, USA.
³ Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, MMC 276, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: jdichter@umn.edu.

PMID: 31445603
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2019.06.004

Abstract

The "daily disasters" within the ebb and flow of routine critical care provide a foundation of preparedness for the less-frequent, larger events that affect most health care organizations at some time. Although large disasters can overwhelm, those who strengthen processes and habits through daily practice will be the best prepared to manage them.

Keywords: Conventional, contingency, and crisis care; Disaster preparedness; ICU strain; Prioritization; Surge capacity; Triage.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care* / organization & administration
Disaster Planning* / organization & administration
Disasters
Emergency Service, Hospital* / organization & administration
Humans
Intensive Care Units* / organization & administration
Mass Casualty Incidents
Surge Capacity / organization & administration
Triage