Booth Christopher M, Stewart Thomas E
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Crit Care. 2003 Dec;7(6):405-6. doi: 10.1186/cc2389. Epub 2003 Oct 10.
The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto's health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages, transmission of SARS within the ICU, and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the critical care response to SARS. Regular teleconference calls, web-based training and education, and the rapid coordination of research studies were some of the initiatives developed within the Toronto critical care community during the SARS outbreak. Other critical care communities should consider their communication strategies in advance of similar events.
2003年的非典疫情使多伦多的医疗系统不堪重负。人员短缺、重症监护病房内非典的传播以及重症非典患者的大量涌入,是重症护理工作面临的一些独特挑战。沟通策略是重症护理应对非典的关键组成部分。定期电话会议、基于网络的培训与教育以及研究项目的快速协调,是多伦多重症护理界在非典疫情期间开展的一些举措。其他重症护理领域应在类似事件发生前就考虑好其沟通策略。