Critical Issues In Preparing For A Mass Casualty Event: Highlights From A New Community Planning Guide
Document Type
Journal Article
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine / WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care
Abstract
To assist community planners in allocating scarce resources in a mass casualty event, the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response collaborated with leading experts on a series of issue papers on preparedness and response. These papers were presented at an expert meeting in Washington, DC, in June 2006. The papers, revised based on meeting discussions, have been published by AHRQ as Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide.
DOI
10.1089/bsp.2007.0024
Comments
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. September 2007, 5(3): 268-270. Available here