TY - JOUR
T1 - Utilizing a pediatric disaster coalition model to increase pediatric critical care surge capacity in New York City
AU - Frogel, Michael
AU - Flamm, Avram
AU - Sagy, Mayer
AU - Uraneck, Katharine
AU - Conway, Edward
AU - Ushay, Michael
AU - Greenwald, Bruce M.
AU - Pierre, Louisdon
AU - Shah, Vikas
AU - Gaffoor, Mohamed
AU - Cooper, Arthur
AU - Foltin, George
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - A mass casualty event can result in an overwhelming number of critically injured pediatric victims that exceeds the available capacity of pediatric critical care (PCC) units, both locally and regionally. To address these gaps, the New York City (NYC) Pediatric Disaster Coalition (PDC) was established. The PDC includes experts in emergency preparedness, critical care, surgery, and emergency medicine from 18 of 25 major NYC PCC-capable hospitals. A PCC surge committee created recommendations for making additional PCC beds available with an emphasis on space, staff, stuff (equipment), and systems. The PDC assisted 15 hospitals in creating PCC surge plans by utilizing template plans and site visits. These plans created an additional 153 potential PCC surge beds. Seven hospitals tested their plans through drills. The purpose of this article was to demonstrate the need for planning for disasters involving children and to provide a stepwise, replicable model for establishing a PDC, with one of its primary goals focused on facilitating PCC surge planning. The process we describe for developing a PDC can be replicated to communities of any size, setting, or location. We offer our model as an example for other cities.
AB - A mass casualty event can result in an overwhelming number of critically injured pediatric victims that exceeds the available capacity of pediatric critical care (PCC) units, both locally and regionally. To address these gaps, the New York City (NYC) Pediatric Disaster Coalition (PDC) was established. The PDC includes experts in emergency preparedness, critical care, surgery, and emergency medicine from 18 of 25 major NYC PCC-capable hospitals. A PCC surge committee created recommendations for making additional PCC beds available with an emphasis on space, staff, stuff (equipment), and systems. The PDC assisted 15 hospitals in creating PCC surge plans by utilizing template plans and site visits. These plans created an additional 153 potential PCC surge beds. Seven hospitals tested their plans through drills. The purpose of this article was to demonstrate the need for planning for disasters involving children and to provide a stepwise, replicable model for establishing a PDC, with one of its primary goals focused on facilitating PCC surge planning. The process we describe for developing a PDC can be replicated to communities of any size, setting, or location. We offer our model as an example for other cities.
KW - disaster coalition
KW - disaster drill
KW - disaster preparedness
KW - pediatric critical care surge capacity
KW - surge plan
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U2 - 10.1017/dmp.2016.152
DO - 10.1017/dmp.2016.152
M3 - Article
C2 - 28606207
AN - SCOPUS:85020753946
SN - 1935-7893
VL - 11
SP - 473
EP - 478
JO - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
JF - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
IS - 4
ER -
