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. 2003 Dec;7(6):405-6.
doi: 10.1186/cc2389. Epub 2003 Oct 10.

Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS

Christopher M Booth  1 , Thomas E Stewart
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Communication in the Toronto critical care community: important lessons learned during SARS

Christopher M Booth et al. Crit Care. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

The SARS outbreak in 2003 pushed Toronto's health care system to its limits. Staffing shortages, transmission of SARS within the ICU, and the influx of critically ill SARS patients were some unique challenges to the delivery of critical care. Communication strategies were a key component in the critical care response to SARS. Regular teleconference calls, web-based training and education, and the rapid coordination of research studies were some of the initiatives developed within the Toronto critical care community during the SARS outbreak. Other critical care communities should consider their communication strategies in advance of similar events.

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