The role of hospital medicine in emergency preparedness: a framework for hospitalist leadership in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery - Persoff J, Ornoff D, Little C.

Recent high-profile mass casualty events illustrate the unique challenges that such occurrences pose to normal hospital operations. These events create patient surges that overwhelm hospital resources, space, and staff. However, in most healthcare systems,...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news