Author or Organization Title and Description Available at (Prehospital settings, EMS, Utah Hospitals and Health Utah Pandemic Influenza page 2) Systems Association for the Utah Hospital and ICU Triage Department of Health Guidelines Appendices: Guidelines and algorithms intended to guide the allocation of patient care resources during an influenza pandemic or other public health emergency, when demand for services dramatically exceeds supply. Committee on Guidance for Crisis Standards of Care: A Establishing Crisis Standards of Systems Framework for Care for Use in Disaster Catastrophic Disaster Response Situations; Institute of Medicine Table 6-1. Potential EMS Response Adaptations Under Conventional, Contingency, and Crisis Conditions A Note on Training EMS Personnel to Perform Modified Treatment and Transport Implementing modified treatment and transport strategies represents a change in traditional EMS practice. Providing education and training to perform modified treatment and transport in advance of an actual incident is recommended. This change in traditional practice to incorporate more complex decision making requires more education and training. Education on the actual protocols for where to transport can be just-in-time. Providers must be trained and retrained, and their knowledge/skills must be validated on a regular basis. As many EMS experts have argued, strategies for expanding EMS systems capacity will be most successful if at least some activities are integrated into daily operations.
Author or Organization Title and Description Available at Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association for the Utah Department of Health Utah Pandemic Influenza Hospital and ICU Triage Guidelines Guidelines and algorithms intended to guide the allocation of patient care resources during an influenza pandemic or other public health emergency, when demand for services dramatically exceeds supply. (Prehospital settings, EMS, page 2) Appendices: Committee on Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations; Institute of Medicine Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response Table 6-1. Potential EMS Response Adaptations Under Conventional, Contingency, and Crisis Conditions A Note on Training EMS Personnel to Perform Modified Treatment and Transport Implementing modified treatment and transport strategies represents a change in traditional EMS practice. Providing education and training to perform modified treatment and transport in advance of an actual incident is recommended. This change in traditional practice to incorporate more complex decision making requires more education and training. Education on the actual protocols for where to transport can be just-in-time. Providers must be trained and retrained, and their knowledge/skills must be validated on a regular basis. As many EMS experts have argued, strategies for expanding EMS systems capacity will be most successful if at least some activities are integrated into daily operations.
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