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Royce Moser1, Colleen Connelly, Lloyd Baker
1Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah Health Sciences Center-School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108, USA. Royce.Moser@hsc.utah.edu
Abstract:
In 2003, the Utah State Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for burn or critical trauma patients. A prior article discussed the planning procedures and process. This article describes the major components of the plan, including analysis of threats, direction and control, activation and system response; communications; and critical issues.
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