Utilizing a Pediatric Disaster Coalition Model to Increase Pediatric Critical Care Surge Capacity in New York City

• 2017

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• Michael Frogel; Avram Flamm; Mayer Sagy; Katherine Uraneck; Edward Conway; Michael Ushay
PMID: 28606207DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.152

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This article describes how the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition (PDC) was created to help hospitals prepare for emergencies with many injured children. The PDC worked with 15 hospitals to make plans for extra pediatric critical care beds by focusing on space, staff, equipment, and systems. They added 153 potential surge beds and tested these plans in seven hospitals through drills. The goal is to show the importance of planning for child-related disasters and offer a model that other cities can use to improve their own emergency preparedness efforts.

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Focus Area: Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Health Resources; Hospital Bed Capacity; New York City; Mass Casualty Incidents; Surge Capacity

Institutions: Maimonides Medical Center; WellSpan York Hospital; New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Mount Sinai Beth Israel; The Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Children's Hospital at Montefiore

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