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13) Guidance for alterations in the healthcare system during a moderate to severe influenza pandemic
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, [Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division]
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
V.7.
Description
A pandemic will dramatically strain medical resources and possibly require a shift in medical resources from a standard of care focused on the individual patient to an altered standard that does the most good for the most patients. With that in mind, this guidance document seeks to present a basis for allocating health and medical resources in Colorado during an influenza pandemic. The goal of this process is to provide ethical, reasonable, transparent...
Publisher
Department of Public Health and Environment, Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Section
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the direction of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), released a guidance document in May 2007 entitled: EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption as part of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan. The document includes strategies for developing both EMS response guidelines and 9-1-1 call taking and dispatching protocols that would...
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Local health agencies in Colorado are the first line of response against communicable disease outbreaks. As "all emergencies are local," the local public health agency in Larimer County, Colorado, developed its own brand and campaign for pandemic influenza education, kicked off with a pandemic flu awareness open house for the media and partner agencies on January 24, 2007. The project has been a community-wide venture.
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