Disaster Preparedness for Children with Medical Complexity: Aligning Policy, Technology, and Care Systems with Clinical Reality

Abstract

Children with medical complexity (CMC) depend on continuous access to life-sustaining nutrition, medications, and device-based therapies. In routine conditions, this dependence requires careful coordination across caregivers, health systems, and supply chains. During disasters, however, these same dependencies transform into immediate threats to survival. Natural and human-made emergencies can simultaneously increase demand for health care services while disrupting already fragile medical product supply chains, creating conditions in which local and regional systems may be overwhelmed.

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