Strategies To Improve Pediatric Disaster Surge Response: Potential Mortality Reduction And Tradeoffs
- Robert Kanter
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This article describes ways to reduce deaths in pediatric disasters by improving hospital response. It suggests two strategies: controlling where patients are sent to avoid overcrowding and expanding hospital capacity by changing care standards. A model showed that spreading patients across hospitals could lower deaths by 11%, while increasing capacity could cut them by 24%. Combining both methods might reduce mortality by 47%. However, changing care too soon may cause preventable deaths. The study highlights the importance of managing patient distribution and adjusting care levels during large-scale emergencies to save more lives.
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