Allocation of ventilators in a public health disaster.
@article{Powell2008AllocationOV,
title={Allocation of ventilators in a public health disaster.},
author={T. Powell and Kelly C Christ and G. Birkhead},
journal={Disaster medicine and public health preparedness},
year={2008},
volume={2 1},
pages={
20-6
}
}BACKGROUND
In a public health emergency, many more patients could require mechanical ventilators than can be accommodated.
METHODS
To plan for such a crisis, the New York State Department of Health and the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law convened a workgroup to develop ethical and clinical guidelines for ventilator triage.
RESULTS
The workgroup crafted an ethical framework including the following components: duty to care, duty to steward resources, duty to plan, distributive… CONTINUE READING
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