Guidelines to help officials plan ...

Guidelines to help officials plan by what mode health care should be provided during public health emergencies are now available from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) and Office of Public Health urgency Preparedness. The report, "Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events" furnishs a framework for providing optimal care during a potential bioterrorism attack or other public health unforeseen occasion involving thousands of victims and address what sign of care should be given, to whom, through whom, and in which circumstances and places. The recommendations were make knowned by a 39-member panel of masters in bioethics, emergency medicine, turn of events management, health administration, health law and policy, and public health. The report is available online at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/altstand.

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