Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS

The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto's health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages, transmission of SARS within the ICU, and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the...

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Autores principales: Booth, Christopher M, Stewart, Thomas E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC374381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14624673
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description The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto's health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages, transmission of SARS within the ICU, and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the critical care response to SARS. Regular teleconference calls, web-based training and education, and the rapid coordination of research studies were some of the initiatives developed within the Toronto critical care community during the SARS outbreak. Other critical care communities should consider their communication strategies in advance of similar events.
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spelling pubmed-3743812004-03-25 Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS Booth, Christopher M Stewart, Thomas E Crit Care Commentary The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto's health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages, transmission of SARS within the ICU, and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the critical care response to SARS. Regular teleconference calls, web-based training and education, and the rapid coordination of research studies were some of the initiatives developed within the Toronto critical care community during the SARS outbreak. Other critical care communities should consider their communication strategies in advance of similar events. BioMed Central 2003 2003-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC374381/ /pubmed/14624673 Text en Copyright © 2003 BioMed Central Ltd
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Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS
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title_short Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS
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