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During a disaster, how might the efficient triage of patients help increase a hospital’s surge capacity?

Explain how a hospital’s disaster response might differ in a response to a different type of disaster, such as an earthquake, fire, or epidemic.

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As more people rush into the hospital, less spave willl be available depedning on where they are placed, what happened, and what care is needed. If there was a fire, there would be alot of people with burns or smoke inhalation causing the hospitals disatser response to take act differenetly instead if there was an epidemic where people are sick but not usually physically harmed.

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