Title Guidance for establishing crisis standards of care for use in disaster situations : a letter report / Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Bruce M. Altevogt [and others], editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 150) : illustrations Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Background -- Methods -- Crisis standards of care: the vision -- Developing crisis standards of care protocols: a state public health authority process -- Ethical framework -- Community and provider engagement, education, and communication -- Legal issues in emergencies -- Operational implementation of crisis standards of care -- Conclusion Summary This report focuses on articulating current concepts and guidance that can assist state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for crisis standards of care in disasters where resources are scarce, as well as provide guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how those crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-109) Notes Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Dept. of Health and Human services HHSP23320042509XI Print version record Subject Disaster medicine -- United States Emergency medical services -- Utilization -- United States Emergency management -- United States Disasters. Delivery of Health Care -- standards Disaster Medicine -- standards Disasters disasters. MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Disasters Disaster medicine Emergency management Emergency medical services -- Utilization United States Form Electronic book Author Altevogt, Bruce M Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. LC no. 2010275419 ISBN 9780309144315 0309144310

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