@article{ref1,
title="How hospitals should prepare for exceptional situations",
journal="Therapeutische Umschau Revue Therapeutique",
year="2008",
author="Leutenegger, A.",
volume="65",
number="1",
pages="32-35",
abstract="Whenever case load grossly exceeds the available resources of a hospital, properly planned extraordinary measures are needed to boost performance. The crucial elements to be included in hospital disaster plans are: a well prepared alarm call system, simple lines of command with clear-cut responsibilities, measures to admit, triage and treat patients, a concept for internal and external communication including the needed tools. Such a disaster plan, based on an educated guess upon possible disasters and tailored to a realistic estimate of the hospital's resources, regularly needs to be checked and taught to the staff This article proposes guidelines how to successfully set up a hospital disaster plan.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0040-5930",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}