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Public Health Agency Surge Planning Guidance

October 27, 2020
Item Agency
Tent Permitting Process for Hospitals NYCEM
Bed Surge Capacity Expansion Tool DOHMH
Intensive Care Unit Capacity Expansion Tool DOHMH
COVID-19 Surge CDC
Alternative Care Sites: The Federal Experience in New York City HHS
Alternate Care Site Toolkit HHS
Considerations for Assessing Regional Patient Load-Balancing Effects during COVID-19 HHA
Critical Care Load-Balancing Operational Template: provides a framework for indicators and triggers that may assist states that are implementing Medical Operations Coordination Cells. HHS
Interim Guidance: SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Field Trauma Triage Principles Federal Healthcare Resilience Task Force

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