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Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrorist Event

Figure 24. Additional Hospital Beds Needed to Address Surge (Colorado Front Range, 2003)

Bar chart: Average: available beds, 663, extra beds needed to address surge, 1,012; Maximum: available beds, 1,332, extra beds needed to address surge, 343; Average: available beds, 663, extra beds needed to address surge, 1,850; Maximum: available beds, 1,332, extra beds needed to address surge, 1,181.

Source: NDMS FCC Colorado Front Range, Col. Debra Tenney, Program Manager.

Notes:

  • Average is based on the average number of available beds from January through March 2003, as reported to NDMS.
  • Maximum is based on the reported total number of beds that could be made available in 48 hours as reported to NDMS (as opposed to the average, which is based on number of beds that could be made available within 12 hours).
  • Population for the Colorado Front Range was provided by 2000 US census data for Front Range counties.

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