This report analyses the impact of reverse triage, as described by Kelen, to rapidly assess the need for continuing inpatient care and to expedite patient discharge to create surge capacity for disaster victims. The Royal Darwin Hospital was asked to take up to 30 casualties suffering from blast injuries from a boat carrying asylum seekers that had exploded 840 km west of Darwin. The hospital was full, with a backlog of cases awaiting admission in the emergency department. The Disaster Response Team convened at 10:00 to develop the surge capacity to admit up to 30 casualties. By 14:00, 56 beds (16% of capacity) were predicted to be available by 18:00. The special circumstances of a disaster enabled staff to suspend their usual activities an...
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a partnership with specialized nurses from geograp...
Recent terrorist and epidemic events have underscored the potential for disasters to generate large ...
Disasters have always occu[r]ed and no civilization in history is immune from their effects. This th...
Introduction: Successful and effective management of large-scale disasters and epidemics requires pr...
When catastrophic disasters strike, health care systems are often faced with overwhelming volumes of...
Objectives: US hospitals are expected to function without external aid for up to 96 hours during a d...
Reverse triage is a way to rapidly create inpatient surge capacity by identifying hospitalized patie...
For more than a decade, emergency medicine (EM) organizations have produced guidelines, training, an...
We describe a novel ambulance diversion programme, piloted in Victoria. This article discusses creat...
On October 12, 2002 the Bali bombing resulted in 62 severely injured patients being evacuated to Roy...
Background. In recent years, serious injuries associated with extreme climate, earthquakes, terroris...
Hospital surge capacity is defined as the ability to provide acute care to both critical and non-cri...
The purpose of this research is to explore some challenges that hospital disaster managers face in d...
On 18 January 2003, Canberra experienced major bushfires. Over 6 hours, The Canberra Hospital Emerge...
The purpose of this research is to study and explore the importance of hospitals in natural disaster...
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a partnership with specialized nurses from geograp...
Recent terrorist and epidemic events have underscored the potential for disasters to generate large ...
Disasters have always occu[r]ed and no civilization in history is immune from their effects. This th...
Introduction: Successful and effective management of large-scale disasters and epidemics requires pr...
When catastrophic disasters strike, health care systems are often faced with overwhelming volumes of...
Objectives: US hospitals are expected to function without external aid for up to 96 hours during a d...
Reverse triage is a way to rapidly create inpatient surge capacity by identifying hospitalized patie...
For more than a decade, emergency medicine (EM) organizations have produced guidelines, training, an...
We describe a novel ambulance diversion programme, piloted in Victoria. This article discusses creat...
On October 12, 2002 the Bali bombing resulted in 62 severely injured patients being evacuated to Roy...
Background. In recent years, serious injuries associated with extreme climate, earthquakes, terroris...
Hospital surge capacity is defined as the ability to provide acute care to both critical and non-cri...
The purpose of this research is to explore some challenges that hospital disaster managers face in d...
On 18 January 2003, Canberra experienced major bushfires. Over 6 hours, The Canberra Hospital Emerge...
The purpose of this research is to study and explore the importance of hospitals in natural disaster...
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a partnership with specialized nurses from geograp...
Recent terrorist and epidemic events have underscored the potential for disasters to generate large ...
Disasters have always occu[r]ed and no civilization in history is immune from their effects. This th...