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Medical Surge
Be ready when demand exceeds capacity.
Resources, planning guidance, training, and tools to help healthcare organizations prepare for sudden increases in patient volume, maintain essential services, and coordinate regional response.
When Healthcare Demand Surges
A medical surge can occur when an emergency or disaster produces more patients, more complex injuries or illnesses, or greater healthcare needs than a facility or community normally manages.
Effective surge planning helps organizations understand their available capacity, identify thresholds for action, coordinate resources, manage staffing and supplies, and work with healthcare partners to maintain care during an emergency.
The goal is not simply to treat more patients. It is to expand capacity while maintaining safe, effective care.
Tampa Bay HMPC Medical Surge Resources
Resources developed specifically for coalition members to support planning, training, and healthcare preparedness.
Trusted Medical Surge Resources
Hospital Surge Capacity & Immediate Bed Availability
ASPR TRACIE's current Medical Surge Topic Collection brings together tools, case studies, lessons learned, and promising practices for hospitals and healthcare coalitions preparing for surge events, including mass casualty incidents and patients with specialized needs.
Medical Surge Capacity and Capability
This foundational resource provides a framework for integrating healthcare and medical resources during large scale emergencies. It specifically addresses coordination among healthcare organizations, public health, emergency management, and healthcare coalitions.
Health Care System Preparedness
Florida's healthcare preparedness program focuses on maintaining the capacity and capability to provide critical public health and medical services during emergencies. The state resources also connect healthcare organizations with coalition and preparedness resources.
Discharge Planning & Medical Surge Resources
This current state resource collection includes specific materials for hospital surge capacity, mass casualty events, discharge planning, medical surge planning, mutual aid, healthcare coalitions, and pediatric preparedness.
Training Supports Stronger Response
Preparedness is not a one time event. Ongoing education, collaboration, and practice help healthcare organizations respond faster, recover more effectively, and better protect their communities during emergencies.
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