Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response: Volume 1: Introduction and CSC Framework

by Committee on Guidance for Establishing C, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations, et al.

Book Overview

Catastrophic disasters occurring in 2011 in the United States and worldwide--from the tornado in Joplin, Missouri, to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, to the earthquake in New Zealand--have demonstrated that even prepared communities can be overwhelmed. In 2009, at the height of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Department of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309253462
• ISBN13: 9780309253468
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 519 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.4" x 10.2"