title: Differentiating large-scale surge versus daily surge.
abstract: This breakout session at the Academic Emergency Medicine 2006 Consensus Conference examined how baseline overcrowding impedes the ability of emergency departments to respond to sudden, unexpected surges in demand for patient care. Differences between daily and catastrophic surge were discussed, and the need to invoke a hospital-wide response to surge was explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Davis Building, Suite 322, 5801 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA. jenkins@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: J Lee
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cone
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D004190:Disasters; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans