VENTILATOR ALLOCATION GUIDELINES

VENTILATOR ALLOCATION GUIDELINES New York State Task Force on Life and the Law New York State Department of Health November 2015 Current Members of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law Howard A. Zucker, , Commissioner of Health, New York State Karl P. Adler, Cardinal s Delegate for Health Care, Archdiocese of NY Donald P. Berens, Jr., Former General Counsel, New York State Department of Health Rabbi J. David Bleich, Professor of Talmud, Yeshiva University, Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law Rock Brynner, , Professor and Author Karen A. Butler, , Partner, Thuillez, Ford, Gold, Butler & Young, LLP Yvette Calderon, , Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Carolyn Corcoran, Principal, James P.

I. Introduction Influenza pandemics occur with unpredictable frequency and severity. Recent influenza outbreaks, including the emergence of a powerful strain of avian influenza in 2005 and the novel H1N1 pandemic in 2009, have generated concern about the possibility of a severe influenza pandemic.

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