John L Hick

Summary

Affiliation: Hennepin County Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Preparedness progress: update on Minnesota hospitals
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, USA
    Minn Med 88:46-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Surge capacity concepts for health care facilities: the CO-S-TR model for initial incident assessment
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S51-7. 2008
  3. ncbi Allocating scarce resources in disasters: emergency department principles
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 59:177-87. 2012
  4. ncbi Refining surge capacity: conventional, contingency, and crisis capacity
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 3:S59-67. 2009
  5. ncbi Emergency medical services response to a major freeway bridge collapse
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S17-24. 2008
  6. ncbi Hospital response to a major freeway bridge collapse
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S11-6. 2008
  7. ncbi Health and medical preparedness and response to the 2008 Republican National Convention
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 3:224-32. 2009
  8. ncbi Health care system planning for and response to a nuclear detonation
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 5:S73-88. 2011
  9. ncbi Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 42:381-90. 2003
  10. ncbi Health care facility and community strategies for patient care surge capacity
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota and Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 44:253-61. 2004

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Preparedness progress: update on Minnesota hospitals
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, USA
    Minn Med 88:46-9. 2005
    ..A catastrophic event such as pandemic influenza would likely overwhelm the state's systems and providers...
  2. ncbi Surge capacity concepts for health care facilities: the CO-S-TR model for initial incident assessment
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S51-7. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Allocating scarce resources in disasters: emergency department principles
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 59:177-87. 2012
    ..In turn, adherence to such a response framework can yield thoughtful stewardship of resources and improved outcomes for a larger number of patients...
  4. ncbi Refining surge capacity: conventional, contingency, and crisis capacity
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 3:S59-67. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi Emergency medical services response to a major freeway bridge collapse
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S17-24. 2008
    ..The Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River on August 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 127...
  6. ncbi Hospital response to a major freeway bridge collapse
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:S11-6. 2008
    ..Comparative analysis of response activities at the 3 hospitals that received critical or serious casualties is provided...
  7. ncbi Health and medical preparedness and response to the 2008 Republican National Convention
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 3:224-32. 2009
    ..The planning for and impact of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on the City of St Paul and the Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area is described...
  8. ncbi Health care system planning for and response to a nuclear detonation
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 5:S73-88. 2011
    ....
  9. ncbi Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 42:381-90. 2003
    ..Initial and ongoing didactic and practical training can be implemented by the health care facility to ensure effective response when contaminated patients arrive seeking emergency medical care...
  10. ncbi Health care facility and community strategies for patient care surge capacity
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota and Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 44:253-61. 2004
    ..Proper pre-event planning and mechanisms for resource coordination are critical to the success of a response...
  11. ncbi Chapter 2. Surge capacity and infrastructure considerations for mass critical care. Recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza epidemic or mass disaster
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Intensive Care Med 36:S11-20. 2010
    ..To provide recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital preparations for a mass disaster or influenza epidemic with a specific focus on surge capacity and infrastructure considerations...
  12. ncbi Allocating resources during a crisis: you can't always get what you want
    John L Hick
    Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, USA
    Minn Med 95:46-50. 2012
    ..It also discusses ethical considerations that must be taken into account when shortages occur and decisions must be made about how to distribute equipment, supplies, or medications in short supply...
  13. ncbi Concept of operations for triage of mechanical ventilation in an epidemic
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:223-9. 2006
    ..This report provides a sample concept of operations for triage of mechanical ventilation in epidemic situations and discusses some of the ethical principles and pitfalls of such systems...
  14. ncbi Clinical review: allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters--problems, planning, and process
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Crit Care 11:217. 2007
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  15. ncbi Protective equipment for health care facility decontamination personnel: regulations, risks, and recommendations
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, and Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 42:370-80. 2003
    ..These risks should be adequately addressed with Level C personal protective equipment, including air-purifying respirator technologies, unless the facility determines that specific local threats require increased levels of protection...
  16. ncbi Ketamine chemical restraint to facilitate rescue of a combative "jumper"
    John L Hick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 9:85-9. 2005
  17. ncbi Emergency management of sickle cell disease complications: review and practice guidelines
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, USA
    Minn Med 89:42-4, 47. 2006
    ..This article provides additional background information to support the guidelines...
  18. ncbi Integrated planning for disaster. A model for Minnesota hospitals
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota, Faculty Emergency Physician, Hennepin County Medical Center, USA
    Minn Med 85:44-7. 2002
  19. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for allocation of scarce resources in mass critical care: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Asha V Devereaux
    Sharp Coronado Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
    Chest 133:51S-66S. 2008
    ....
  20. ncbi Ethical issues in resource triage
    Daniel T O'Laughlin
    Emergency Medicine Department, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 E 28th Street, Minneapolis MN 55407, USA
    Respir Care 53:190-7; discussion 197-200. 2008
    ..Planning failure will result in increased deaths from poor triage processes and substantial mistrust of the health care system and its practitioners...
  21. ncbi Trauma systems and emergency preparedness: the hand bone's connected to the arm bone
    John L Hick
    Acad Emerg Med 12:875-8. 2005
  22. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for optimizing critical care surge capacity: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Lewis Rubinson
    University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Campus Box 359762, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Chest 133:18S-31S. 2008
    ..Additional research is required to evaluate EMCC and revise the strategy as warranted...