Title: Guidance for establishing crisis standards of care for use in disaster situations :
Authors: Altevogt, Bruce M.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
Date: 2009
Publisher: National Academies Press,
Physical description: x, 150 : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: This report focuses on articulating current concepts and guidance that can assist state and local public health officials, healthcare facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for crisis standards of care in disasters where resources are scarce, as well as provide guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how those crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.
Contents: Background -- Methods -- Crisis standards of care: the vision -- Developing crisis standards of care protocols: a state public health authority process -- Ethical framework -- Community and provider engagement, education, and communication -- Legal issues in emergencies -- Operational implementation of crisis standards of care -- Conclusion.
Subject headings (LCSH): Disaster medicine--United States.; Emergency management--United States.; Emergency medical services--Utilization--United States.