title: Development of a state medical surge plan, part I: the procedures, process, and lessons learned or confirmed.
abstract: In 2003, the Utah Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan. The plan was designed to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for patients with burns or trauma patients. Interested parties were contacted and a coordinating group composed of Utah Department of Health and University of Utah Health Sciences Center representatives was formed, who were responsible for developing the plan. This article is Part I of a 2-part series that discusses the planning process and identification of a group of stakeholders who served as a planning task force, and concludes with a summary of lessons learned or confirmed during the planning process. Part II will discuss the content of the medical surge plan.
authors.affiliation: Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah Health Sciences Center-School of Medicine, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Royce
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: Lloyd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buttrey
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saffle
authors.forename: Jolene R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Whitney
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D013219:State Government; D014589:Utah