title: A call for action.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D014481:United States