Crisis Care Continuum Guidelines
The goal during a medical surge event is to maximize surge
capacity strategies that will mitigate the crisis while minimizing the risk associated
with deviations from conventional care. Orchard Hospital has established strategies
which allows flexibility to move across care continuum’s and provide safe, appropriate
care within the current situation. Moving through care continuum’s by starting
at the lowest risk and moving to higher risk as demand increase and options
decrease, supports Orchard’s ability to choose the appropriate level of care
which poses the least risk while in turn delivering the best possible care for
patient and community.