Disaster Preparedness for Children with Medical Complexity: Aligning Policy, Technology, and Care Systems with Clinical Reality
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This article examines disaster preparedness strategies for children with medical complexity who require continuous access to life-sustaining therapies and medical devices. It addresses how natural and human-made emergencies disrupt fragile supply chains and overwhelm healthcare systems, creating survival threats for technology-dependent pediatric patients.
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- CMC require continuous access to nutrition, medications, and device-based therapies that become survival threats during disasters.
- Disasters simultaneously increase healthcare demand while disrupting medical supply chains critical for CMC.
- Routine care coordination for CMC must include disaster preparedness planning to prevent life-threatening gaps.
- Local and regional health systems serving CMC are vulnerable to being overwhelmed during emergencies.
- Medical complexity creates unique disaster vulnerabilities requiring alignment of policy, technology, and care delivery systems.
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How to cite: GlobalCastMD. Disaster Preparedness for Children with Medical Complexity: Aligning Policy, Technology, and Care Systems with Clinical Reality. GlobalCastMD Medical Library. 2026-04-15. https://library.globalcastmd.com/article/11852
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