Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies

Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies
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The special medical needs of children make it essential that health care facilities be prepared for both pediatric and adult victims of bioterrorism attacks and other public health emergencies. With the recommendations provided in this review, clinicians and hospital administrators will be able to develop unique responses to mass casualty events involving pediatric patients. Following the all-hazards approach, the recommendations within this monograph can also be used in consequence management after a public health emergency such as pandemic influenza.

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Investigators: Edward W. Boyer, M.D., Ph.D.; James Fitch, M.D.; Michael Shannon, M.D., M.P.H.

Contents
Introduction
Challenges to an Effective Response to Patient Surges
Guidelines for Pediatric Hospital Responses to Increased Patient Volume
Emergency Department Response: Surge of Children With a Communicable Respiratory Illness
Emergency Department Response: Surge of Children With a Communicable Foodborne or Waterborne Illness
Hospital Response to Patient Surge
Employee Responses During a Surge of Bioterrorism Patients
Surge Stress Management
Preparation by General Health Care Facilities for a Surge of Critically Ill Children
Security Concerns Unique to Children
Emergency Credentialing
References and Selected Readings

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The authors of this report are responsible for its content. No statement in the report should be construed as an official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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AHRQ Publication No. 09-0014
Current as of January 2009
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Internet Citation: Boyer EW, Fitch J, Shannon M. Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0014, January 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/pedhospital/

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