Crisis standards of care
Subtitle: a systems framework for catastrophic disaster response
By: Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Dan Hanfling ... [et al.], editors
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780309253468; 9780309253475
Subjects: Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Treatment; Disaster Medicine; Standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Catastrophic disaster response : creating a framework for medical care delivery; title: Legal issues in emergencies; title: Cross-cutting themes : ethics, palliative care, and mental health; title: State and local government; title: Prehospital care : emergency medical services (EMS); title: Hospitals and acute care facilities; title: Out-of-hospital and alternate care systems; title: Public engagement.