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  • Disaster Preparedness

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  • COVID-19 pandemic necessitated unprecedented resource expansion in NYC hospitals.
  • Despite resource surge, critical scarcities emerged, highlighting a need for formal crisis standards of care.
  • Existing state guidance documents for pandemic disaster scenarios were not implemented by New York.

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  • To evaluate the preparedness of New York City hospitals for the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • To identify failures in implementing crisis standards of care during a public health disaster.
  • To advocate for improved public health disaster planning and resource allocation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of hospital resource expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Review of state-level preparedness and implementation of disaster guidance.
  • Assessment of the impact of un-implemented crisis standards of care.

Main Results:

  • NYC hospitals significantly increased beds, ICU capacity, staff, and ventilators.
  • The absence of implemented crisis standards of care led to critical resource gaps.
  • State failure to adopt existing disaster guidance documents hampered effective response.

Conclusions:

  • Public health disaster plans must be research-based, well-funded, and regularly updated.
  • Political leadership is crucial for implementing and revising crisis standards of care.
  • Surge planning should encompass palliative care and resources for non-survivors.