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Surge capacity logistics: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement.

Sharon Einav, +12 more
- 01 Oct 2014 - 
- Vol. 146, Iss: 4
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Suggestions are presented pertaining to surge capacity mass critical care, including requirements for equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals; staff preparation and organization; methods of mitigating overwhelming patient loads; the role of deployable critical care services; and the use of transportation assets to support the surge response.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2014-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 151 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intensive care & Surge Capacity.

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Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations.

Jason Phua, +12 more
- 01 May 2020 - 
TL;DR: Streamlining of workflows for rapid diagnosis and isolation, clinical management, and infection prevention will matter not only to patients with COVID-19, but also to health-care workers and other patients who are at risk from nosocomial transmission.
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Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Matthew Walton, +2 more
- 28 Apr 2020 - 
TL;DR: The effects on staff is detailed, some of the organisational, team and individual considerations for supporting staff (pragmatically) during this pandemic are addressed and leaders at all levels of health care organisations will find this resource valuable.
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Impacts of epidemic outbreaks on supply chains: mapping a research agenda amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a structured literature review.

Maciel M. Queiroz, +3 more
- 16 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: A systematic analysis of the impacts of epidemic outbreaks on SCs guided by a structured literature review that collated a unique set of publications suggests that influenza was the most visible epidemic outbreak reported, and that optimization of resource allocation and distribution emerged as the most popular topic.
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Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines.

Shadman Aziz, +23 more
- 08 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: This rapid guideline is to provide recommendations on the organizational management of intensive care units caring for patients with COVID-19 including: planning arisis surge response; crisis surge response strategies; triage, supporting families, and staff.
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Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19 An Implementation Guide for Regional Allocation: An Expert Panel Report of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Ryan C. Maves, +22 more
- 01 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: The principles of tertiary triage and methods for implementing such a system are discussed, emphasizing that these systems should serve only as a last resort.
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Physician Staffing Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review

Peter J. Pronovost, +5 more
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