Kathleen Flarity, Lisa D DeDecker, Tamara A Averett-Brauer, Teresa Duquette-Frame, Tami R Rougeau, Andrew Aycock, Shane Urban, Jerome T McKay, Daniel B Cox
US military medical units have responded to natural disasters (eg, hurricanes, earthquakes), relieved overwhelmed civilian health care systems (eg, during the COVID-19 pandemic), and provided support to stabilization efforts after civil unrest. The military will continue to assist civilian agencies with future medical response to similar disasters, contagious outbreaks, or even terrorist attacks. The keys to an effective disaster response are unity of effort, prior coordination, and iterative practice during military-civilian exercises to identify strengths and areas of improvement...
December 15, 2022: AACN Advanced Critical Care