Objective: Recent natural disasters have highlighted shortfall areas in current hospital
disaster preparedness. These include the following: 1) insufficient coordination between …

There are 4 phases of disaster management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and
recovery. This article focuses on critical care preparedness aspects of disaster management …

Disasters come in all shapes and forms, and in varying magnitudes and intensities.
Nevertheless, they offer many of the same lessons for critical care practitioners and …

Background: In recent years, there has been a great deal of attention paid to preparing the
healthcare system to handle disasters, in particular terrorist events. Most of the attention has …

Objective: In recent years, healthcare disaster planning has grown from its early place as an
occasional consideration within the manuals of emergency medical services and emergency …

Disclosures: T. Hossain, JR Dichter, and M. Ghazipura have no financial conflicts of interest
to disclose regarding this article. T. Hossain and JR Dichter are members of the Task Force …

Combined external and internal hospital disaster: Impact and... : Critical Care Medicine
Combined external and internal hospital disaster: Impact and response in a Houston trauma …

Objective: The provision of sophisticated medical care in an austere environment is
challenging. During and after a mass casualty event, it is likely that critical care services will …

The purpose of this report is to provide information regarding preparation for disaster
management from the perspective of ICU physicians. Both a framework toward ICU …

Recent events and regulatory mandates have underlined the importance of medical
planning and preparedness for catastrophic events. The purpose of this review is to provide …