hospital surge
Medical capacity crisis
Hospital surge refers to a sudden, dramatic increase in patient volume that strains a healthcare facility's capacity.
The term appears most often during emergencies—pandemics, natural disasters, mass casualty events: The flu outbreak caused a hospital surge that overwhelmed the ER.
Surge capacity describes a hospital's ability to expand resources and staffing to handle such influxes.
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- code blackHospital emergency announcement
- emergencySerious sudden danger
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