• Curr Opin Crit Care · Oct 2013

    Review

    Preparing ICUs for pandemics.

    • Lucinda E K Gabriel and Steve A R Webb.
    • aIntensive Care Unit, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria bIntensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital cSchool of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
    • Curr Opin Crit Care. 2013 Oct 1;19(5):467-73.

    Purpose Of ReviewInfluenza pandemics occur intermittently and represent an existential global infectious diseases threat. The purpose of this review is to describe clinical and research preparedness for future pandemics.Recent FindingsPandemic influenza typically results in large numbers of individuals with life-threatening pneumonia requiring treatment in ICUs. Clinical preparedness of ICUs relates to planning to provide increased 'surge' capacity to meet increased demand and requires consideration of staffing, equipment and consumables, bed-space availability and management systems. Research preparedness is also necessary, as timely clinical research has the potential to change the trajectory of a pandemic. The clinical research response during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic was suboptimal.SummaryBetter planning is necessary to optimize both clinical and research responses to future pandemics.

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