Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS. | Available online http content 7 6 405 Commentary Communication in the Toronto critical care community important lessons learned during SARS Christopher M Booth and Thomas E Stewart Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Corresponding author Thomas Stewart tstewart@ Published online 10 October 2003 Critical Care 2003 7 405-406 DOI cc2389 This article is online at http content 7 6 405 2003 BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X Abstract The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto s health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages transmission of SARS within the ICU and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the critical care response to SARS. Regular teleconference calls web-based training and education and the rapid coordination of research studies were some of the initiatives developed within the Toronto critical care community during the SARS outbreak. Other critical care communities should consider their communication strategies in advance of similar events. Keywords communication critical care disease outbreaks SARS In the spring of 2003 Toronto found itself in the midst of a worldwide outbreak of SARS. The Toronto outbreak followed a biphasic course lasting from 5 March to 12 June. A total of 375 probable and suspect cases of SARS as defined using World Health Organization criteria 1 were reported in Ontario of which 44 died 2 . The vast majority of these cases were contracted in hospital by patients visitors and health care workers 3 . This unexpected outbreak pushed Toronto s health care system to its limits and presented many challenges to the delivery of critical care. Supply of critical care beds became a major problem. Years of cost .
