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Ethical Principles during Pandemics

Ethical Principles during Pandemics. Jeff Kaufhold, MD FACP Oct 2008. Value Statements. Respect for persons Truth telling, transparency, and openness. Community good as primary goal Best estimates of patient survival with low morbidity. Stewardship of scarce resources

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Ethical Principles during Pandemics

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  1. Ethical Principles during Pandemics Jeff Kaufhold, MD FACP Oct 2008

  2. Value Statements • Respect for persons • Truth telling, transparency, and openness. • Community good as primary goal • Best estimates of patient survival with low morbidity. • Stewardship of scarce resources • Decision making authority shifts from family to Incident commander or designee. • Fairness.

  3. Procedural Considerations • Community Health care response • Community clinics and resource pooling. • Stay home. • Stock up on provisions. • Declaration of emergency status of operations • Decision Making authority shift. • Reassessment of procedures and implementation guidelines

  4. Procedural Considerations • Admitting patients to facilities • Maximize capacity. Withdrawal for certain patients to free up ICU beds. • Fairness in Triage • Change of presumption of need based, first come first served service. • Pain and palliative care to those not admitted. • Family and public access to facility likely to be restricted.

  5. Procedural Considerations • Privacy and confidentiality try to continue but will need reporting of data to central database to tailor response. • Outpt and home health care – will it continue? • Preventive treatment of essential staff. • Employed and professional staff obligation to provide treatment. • Facility obligation to provide safe environment.

  6. Procedural Considerations • Staff allocation and roles during emergency may change based on demand. (vents on wards once ICU full) • Facility support for staff after wards. (support for PTSD, legal support of staff that followed directives. • Declaration of End of Emergency. Expect at least 8 weeks of disruption.

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