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Factors that affect mass fatality management and crisis standards of care: Lessons from the El Paso COVID-19 surge

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  • Grimm, Dee

    (Tenebo Enterprises and Consulting, USA)

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This paper examines the substantial spike in fatalities that occurred in El Paso, Texas in late 2020 due to an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infection. It also considers various explanations for the fatality surge, and the fatality management issues observed during the event. The paper suggests what lessons can be learned from this event, in particular those preventable causes that could be avoided in a future outbreak. The paper also examines the gaps in existing mass fatality management processes as they apply to planning for pandemics and mass fatality crisis standards of care.

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  • Grimm, Dee, 2022. "Factors that affect mass fatality management and crisis standards of care: Lessons from the El Paso COVID-19 surge," Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 15(3), pages 245-254, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jbcep0:y:2022:v:15:i:3:p:245-254
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; mass fatality; pandemic; El Paso; emergency management; public health response; healthcare planning;
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    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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