Hospitals and Emergency Departments (ED) use EMResource to calculate and display their current level of patient saturation.
Calculate ED overcrowding scores
Drive internal processes such as staffing levels
Patient destination decision support
Assess individual facility capacity and overall regional stress level of area hospitals
Agencies can collect hospital-level data to support and manage patient surge situations, such as those that may occur during flu season.
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Determine volume of patients with symptoms scores
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Assess whether to expand care areas
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Identify supply needs such as medications, IV fluids, ventilators, and other equipment
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Implement alternate processes or care areas
Dispatch Centers and EMS use EMResource to manage MCI response, asking hospitals to report on bed and service availability.
Identify bed availability for specific situations such as stroke, STEMI, trauma, or burn
Communicate decontamination capacity
Track specialty care capabilities, especially in rural and critical access settings
