US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Senior Public Health Advisor, Emergency CareCoordination Center, Switzer Bldg Room 5217, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Dec;3 Suppl 2:S172-5. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181c6b664.
Hospitals throughout the country are using innovative strategies to accommodate the surge of patients brought on by the novel H1N1 virus. One strategy has been to help decompress the amount of patients seeking care within emergency departments by using alternate sites of care, such as tents, parking lots, and community centers as triage, staging, and screening areas. As at any other time an individual presents on hospital property, hospitals and providers must be mindful of the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. In this article we review the act and its implications during public health emergencies, with a particular focus on its implications on alternative sites of care.
全国各地的医院正在采用创新策略来应对新型 H1N1 病毒带来的患者激增。其中一项策略是利用替代护理场所，如帐篷、停车场和社区中心，作为分诊、分期和筛查区域，以帮助减轻急诊科寻求护理的患者数量。在任何其他时候，只要有人出现在医院内，医院和医务人员就必须注意《紧急医疗救治和劳动法》的要求。在本文中，我们将回顾该法案及其在公共卫生紧急情况下的影响，特别关注其对替代护理场所的影响。
