Federal Medical Station (FMS)
Federal Medical Station (FMS) : "FMSs are designed to provide surge medical capacity (equipment, material, pharmaceuticals) to communities overwhelmed by mass casualties. They can provide rapidly deployable health and medical care to those patients who have non acute medical, mental health, or other health-related needs that cannot be accommodated or provided for in a general shelter population. They also provide health and medical care for patients with needs such as: (1) Conditions that require observation, assessment, or maintenance. (2) Chronic conditions which require assistance with the activities of daily living but do not require hospitalization. (3) Medications and vital sign monitoring, particularly for patients who are unable to do so at home". (AHRQ/HHS, Mass Medical Care?, 2007, p. 81)
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