TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Expanding Medical Surge Capacity and Capability During a Pandemic A1 - Walsh, B. Corbett A1 - Sunseri, Maria A1 - Mukherjee, Vikram A1 - Hunt, Richard C. A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Kress, John P. A2 - Douglas, Ivor S. PY - 2023 T2 - Hall, Schmidt and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care, 5th Edition AB - KEY POINTSSurge capacity is composed of the domains space, staff, supplies, and systems. Progressive strain across any of these domains compromises the quality of care provided for patients.Hospitals should develop mitigating strategies that are proportionally implemented as strain compromises patient care, codified as conventional, contingency, and crisis standards of care.The worldwide pandemic caused by COVID-19 strained the international health care system, causing numerous hospitals to operate under contingency and crisis standards of care.A pandemic can cause unique and sometimes unforeseen strain in space, staff, supplies, and systems.Staff mental health may be overlooked in disaster planning, but resiliency is particularly important for prolonged disasters as well as for individuals practicing outside their routine duties.Despite the most detailed and contingency pandemic planning, preparations should remain operation focused as plans do not always align with a disaster’s actual trajectory. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/11 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201804633 ER -