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Medical Surge

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016885

Describes the ability to provide adequate medical evaluation and care in events that severely challenge or exceed the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community (through numbers or types of patients).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016885
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesDHHS Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Glossary at http://www.phe.gov/coi/Documents/MSCC
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016885",
  "term": "Medical Surge",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Describes the ability to provide adequate medical evaluation and care in events that severely challenge or exceed the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community (through numbers or types of patients).",
  "references": [
    "DHHS Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Glossary at http://www.phe.gov/coi/Documents/MSCC"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/medical-surge/"
}

Record 16,885 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.