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- Randy S Wax.
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lakeridge Health, Lakeridge/Durham Clinical Hub, Queen's University, 1 Hospital Court, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 2B9, Canada. Electronic address: randy.wax@queensu.ca.
- Crit Care Clin. 2019 Oct 1; 35 (4): 551562551-562.
AbstractCritical care teams can face a dramatic surge in demand for ICU beds and organ support during a disaster. Through effective preparedness, teams can enable a more effective response and hasten recovery back to normal operations. Disaster preparedness needs to balance an all-hazards approach with focused hazard-specific preparation guided by a critical care-specific hazard-vulnerability analysis. Broad stakeholder input from within and outside the critical care team is necessary to avoid gaps in planning. Evaluation of critical care disaster plans require frequent exercises, with a mechanism in place to ensure lessons learned effectively prompt improvements in the plan.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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