TY - JOUR
T1 - Disaster preparedness in neonatal intensive care units
AU - Barfield, Wanda D.
AU - Krug, Steven E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - Disasters disproportionally affect vulnerable, technology-dependent people, including preterm and critically ill newborn infants. It is important for health care providers to be aware of and prepared for the potential consequences of disasters for the NICU. Neonatal intensive care personnel can provide specialized expertise for their hospital, community, and regional emergency preparedness plans and can help develop institutional surge capacity for mass critical care, including equipment, medications, personnel, and facility resources.
AB - Disasters disproportionally affect vulnerable, technology-dependent people, including preterm and critically ill newborn infants. It is important for health care providers to be aware of and prepared for the potential consequences of disasters for the NICU. Neonatal intensive care personnel can provide specialized expertise for their hospital, community, and regional emergency preparedness plans and can help develop institutional surge capacity for mass critical care, including equipment, medications, personnel, and facility resources.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2017-0507
DO - 10.1542/peds.2017-0507
M3 - Article
C2 - 28557770
AN - SCOPUS:85019035208
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 139
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 5
M1 - e20170507
ER -