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Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur. In these situations, it becomes necessary to use one or more alternative c...
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7234688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32302285 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.4.47552 |
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description | During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur. In these situations, it becomes necessary to use one or more alternative care sites (ACS). Situated in a variety of non-healthcare structures, ACS may be used for ambulatory, acute, subacute, or chronic care. Developing alternative care facilities is the disaster-planning step that moves communities from talking to doing. This commitment pays real dividends if a disaster of any magnitude strikes. This paper discusses the basic criteria for selecting, establishing and ultimately closing an ACS, difficulties of administration, staffing, security, and providing basic supplies and equipment. |
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spelling | pubmed-72346882020-05-21 Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters Iserson, Kenneth V. West J Emerg Med Endemic Infections During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur. In these situations, it becomes necessary to use one or more alternative care sites (ACS). Situated in a variety of non-healthcare structures, ACS may be used for ambulatory, acute, subacute, or chronic care. Developing alternative care facilities is the disaster-planning step that moves communities from talking to doing. This commitment pays real dividends if a disaster of any magnitude strikes. This paper discusses the basic criteria for selecting, establishing and ultimately closing an ACS, difficulties of administration, staffing, security, and providing basic supplies and equipment. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2020-05 2020-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7234688/ /pubmed/32302285 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.4.47552 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Iserson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Endemic Infections Iserson, Kenneth V. Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title | Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title_full | Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title_fullStr | Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title_full_unstemmed | Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title_short | Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters |
title_sort | alternative care sites: an option in disasters |
topic | Endemic Infections |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7234688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32302285 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.4.47552 |
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