Medical Surge 2 : 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)
Medical Surge Capacity Handbook (A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources During Large-Scale Emergencies), 2nd Ed, Appendix D: Glossary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Washington, DC, USA 2007. http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/mscc/hand book/Pages/appendixd.aspx, (Emr Mgt/ Resp and Rcov during Large-Scale Med and Hlth Emr - Amer) {799}