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Crisis Standards of Care

This page highlights resources developed to help health care stakeholders better understand the concept of Crisis Standards of Care (CSC), how it has been implemented in the past, and how CSC can be incorporated into existing hospital emergency operations plans. Access the Medical Operations Coordination Centers (MOCC) resource page for related information.

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CSC Briefs
ASPR TRACIE Crisis Standards of Care Briefs-Summary
Crisis Standards of Care Brief: Healthcare Providers
Crisis Standards of Care Brief: Planners
Crisis Standards of Care Brief: Principles
Crisis Standards of Care Brief: Public Messaging
Crisis Standards of Care Brief: Support for Clinical Allocation Decisions
CSC Considerations
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Summary
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Anticipating and Mitigating Crisis Care
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: De-escalation of Care
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Legal/Regulatory
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Non-Beneficial Care
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Pharmaceutical and Supply Shortages
Crisis Standards of Care Considerations: Reducing Provider Distress
CSC Resources
Crisis Standards of Care Topic Collection
Crisis Standards of Care-The Illinois Initiative
Hospital Surge Capacity and Immediate Bed Availability Topic Collection
You Can't Always Get What You Want
COVID-19 Crisis Standards of Care Resources
Crisis Standards of Care and COVID-19
Crisis Standards of Care and COVID-19: What’s Working and What Isn’t (Webinar)
Crisis Standards of Care during COVID-19: Summary of State Actions
Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ethical Dilemmas During and Beyond COVID-19
Ethical Issues Related to COVID-19 Treatments
Hospital Operations Toolkit for COVID-19
Innovations in COVID-19 Patient Surge Management
Innovations in COVID-19 Patient Surge Management (Tip Sheet)
Issue 15: Ethics in Healthcare during Disasters
Medical Operations Coordination Centers (MOCC)/Patient Load-Balancing: Summary of Lessons Learned during COVID-19
Tools and Templates
Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH) Tool
Template - Hospital Crisis Standards of Care Resource Allocation Annex
Template - Hospital Crisis Standards of Care Resource Allocation Annex (Word Version)

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