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Event 4: Mass Casualty Care: Overlooked Community Resources
Web Conference
Broadcast May 17, 2005, this Web conference explored the key issues surrounding the utilization of alternative community resources in a mass casualty event. It highlighted the Department of Health and Human Services' mass casualty care priorities, activities, and initiatives, as well as innovative research, tools, and models that can be used in developing effective preparedness strategies for using community resources
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Program Objectives
This program was designed to:
- Examine the role of nursing homes, former (shuttered or closed) hospitals, rehabilitation centers and other outpatient care centers as potential care sites in a mass casualty event.
- Explore the inclusion of primary care centers and clinics into community-wide emergency preparedness plans.
- Identify State regulations that may affect the conversions of former hospitals into temporary hospitals for low-acuity patients.
- Highlight a needs assessment tool that could be used to incorporate nursing homes into preparedness strategies.
- Discuss the development of a guidebook for preparedness planners considering conversion of former hospitals.
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Conference Sessions
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Presentations
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Software Requirements
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Current as of October 2005
Internet Citation:
Surge Capacity and Health System Preparedness. Mass Casualty Care: Overlooked Community Resources. Web Conference, broadcast on May 17, 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/massresources/
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