J D Roccaforte

Summary

The World Trade Center attack. Observations from New York's Bellevue Hospital
J D Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, USA
Crit Care 5:307-9. 2001
Disaster preparation and management for the intensive care unit
J David Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 8:607-15. 2002
Disaster preparedness, triage, and surge capacity for hospital definitive care areas: optimizing outcomes when demands exceed resources
J David Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Anesthesiol Clin 25:161-77, xi. 2007

The World Trade Center attack. Observations from New York's Bellevue Hospital
J D Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, USA
Crit Care 5:307-9. 2001
..5 miles (4 km) from the site of the attack. These first-hand observations and this analysis may aid in future preparations. Key issues described relate to communication, organization, injuries treated, staffing, and logistics...
Disaster preparation and management for the intensive care unit
J David Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 8:607-15. 2002
..Our objective is to show that the understanding of disaster preparedness on multiple levels, including government, hospital, ICU, and clinician, may lead to optimal management in a disaster...
Disaster preparedness, triage, and surge capacity for hospital definitive care areas: optimizing outcomes when demands exceed resources
J David Roccaforte
Department of Anesthesiology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Anesthesiol Clin 25:161-77, xi. 2007
..Resources must be organized before an event so that they are optimally used to treat as many victims as possible, as well as to avoid overwhelming available resources...