Articles: pandemics.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Oct 2022
[Management of Clinical Capacity Overload Due to Mass Patient Influx].
Hospitals play a crucial role in the management of large-scale emergencies or disasters. This has been clearly demonstrated by the recent terrorist attacks in Europe, by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and currently by the Ukraine war. In order to cope with extraordinary situations and large-scale emergencies, such as mass casualty incidents, hospitals need to be prepared in detail - by preparing and implementing a hospital contingency plan. The article presented here describes in hospital preparation for a mass casualty incident.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Oct 2022
[Hospital Crisis Management in the Pandemic].
Pandemics pose different challenges for hospitals than classic damage events. Crises require a specific management structure on the operational and the strategic level. Hospitals therefore need crisis management structures and processes. ⋯ They should also be established in hospitals on the operational and the strategic level. Since crisis teams in hospitals are not part of everyday work, regular training and exercises are indispensable. Furthermore, financing including training and staffing must be provided.