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Resource Overview
- Pediatric surge planning templates and guides for hospitals.
- Tools to assess space, staffing, equipment, and processes for pediatric patients.
- Supports integration into disaster plans, EOPs, and HICS.
How to Use This Resource
- Review templates to understand pediatric surge requirements.
- Identify gaps in staffing, space, equipment, and processes.
- Adapt guidance into your hospital’s disaster and surge plans.
- Integrate into drills, exercises, and HICS activations.
- Coordinate with regional partners for support during mass events.
Comprehensive toolkit from the California Hospital Association with pediatric surge planning concepts and planning guides.
Template designed to help facilities plan for pediatric surge capacity including space, staffing, and supplies.
Adaptable surge capacity template linking pediatric surge planning to HICS/ED operations.