Bei der COVID-19-Pandemie handelt es sich um eine sich sehr dynamisch entwickelnde Situation, die die palliativmedizinische Versorgung an verschiedenen Punkten berührt. ▪ Es gilt, auf eine Häufung von Sterbefällen mit den Leitsymptomen Atemnot und Angst im Bereich der Akutmedizin vorbereitet zu sein und die akutmedizinischen Strukturen in ihrer Kompetenz mittels klarer Handlungsempfehlungen und Beratung durch palliativmedizinische SpezialistInnen entsprechend zu stärken (Handlungsempfehlung 1). ▪ Zudem muss die palliativmedizinische Versorgung im ambulanten und stationären Sektor trotz erschwerter Rahmenbedingungen aufrechterhalten werden (Handlungsempfehlung 2). In der aktuellen Situation der COVID-19-Pandemie müssen viele Fragen der Therapiezielfindung, Indikationsstellung und Eruierung des Patientenwillens bei PatientInnen mit COVID-19-Erkrankung beantwortet werden. Empfehlungen zu "Entscheidungen über die Zuteilung von Ressourcen in der Notfall-und der Intensivmedizin im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie" wurden von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethik in der Medizin in Zusammenarbeit mit medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (darunter der DGP) formuliert [1]. Die Herausforderung von Triage-Konzepten vor dem Hintergrund eingeschränkter intensivmedizinischer Behandlungskapazitäten auch mit der möglichen Konsequenz der Beendigung einer bereits begonnenen Intensivbehandlung aufgrund fehlender Erfolgsaussichten wird ausführlich in der Ad-hoc-Empfehlung "Solidarität und Verantwortung in der Corona-Krise" des Deutschen Ethikrats diskutiert [2]. Angesichts der zu erwartenden komplexen medizinethischen Dilemmata ist die Einbindung der palliativmedizinischen Expertise zur Festlegung von realistischen patientenzentrierten Therapiezielen sowohl bei der Entwicklung von Konzepten als auch bei konkreten Entscheidungen im Einzelfall sinnvoll und notwendig.
Rural communities face barriers to disaster preparedness and considerable risk of disasters. Emergency preparedness among rural communities has improved with funding from federal programs and implementation of a National Incident Management System. The objective of this project was to design and implement disaster exercises to test decision making by rural response partners to improve regional planning, collaboration, and readiness. Six functional exercises were developed and conducted among three rural Nebraska (USA) regions by the Center for Preparedness Education (CPE) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska USA). A total of 83 command centers participated. Six functional exercises were designed to test regional response and command-level decision making, and each 3-hour exercise was followed by a 3-hour regional after action conference. Participant feedback, single agency debriefing feedback, and regional After Action Reports were analyzed. Functional exercises were able to test command-level decision making and operations at multiple agencies simultaneously with limited funding. Observations included emergency management jurisdiction barriers to utilization of unified command and establishment of joint information centers, limited utilization of documentation necessary for reimbursement, and the need to develop coordinated public messaging. Functional exercises are a key tool for testing command-level decision making and response at a higher level than what is typically achieved in tabletop or short, full-scale exercises. Functional exercises enable evaluation of command staff, identification of areas for improvement, and advancing regional collaboration among diverse response partners. Obaid JM , Bailey G , Wheeler H , Meyers L , Medcalf SJ , Hansen KF , Sanger KK , Lowe JJ . Utilization of functional exercises to build regional emergency preparedness among rural health organizations in the US. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(2):224-230.
This report outlines a 3-year health care coalition effort to advance and test community capacity for a large-scale hospital evacuation. The multi-year effort utilized a variety workshops, seminars, webinars, tabletops, functional exercises, and culminated with a full-scale exercise testing hospital evacuation. While most hospital evacuation exercises focus on internal movement of patients, this exercise process tested command-level decision making and it tested external partners such as transportation agencies, law enforcement, receiving hospitals, and local emergency management. This process delivered key coalition-building activities and offered a variety of training and exercise opportunities to assist a number of organizations, all at different stages of hospital evacuation planning. The 2012 Hospital Preparedness Program outlined the incorporation of health care coalition activities to transform individual organization preparedness to community-level readiness. This report outlines a health care coalition effort to deliver training and exercises to advance community capacity for a large-scale hospital evacuation. Lowe JJ , Hansen KF , Sanger KK , Obaid JM . A 3-year health care coalition experience in advancing hospital evacuation preparedness. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(6):658-662.
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