FluSurge is a spreadsheet-based model which provides hospital administrators and public health officials estimates of the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the next influenza pandemic. FluSurge estimates the number of hospitalizations and deaths of an influenza pandemic (whose length and virulence are determined by the user) and compares the number of persons hospitalized, the number of persons requiring ICU care, and the number of persons requiring ventilator support during a pandemic with existing hospital capacity.

System Requirements:

• Windows* operating system (MS Windows 2000 or higher)
• Microsoft Excel (MS Office 2000 or higher)
• 486 Pentium processor and at least 128MB RAM
• 2 MB of hard drive storage space

* MS Windows and Office is a copyrighted product produced by Microsoft Corporation, WA.  Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Instructions for Downloading:

Before loading and starting FluSurge, you must change Excel's security level.

You must first do the following steps:

1. Open a blank Excel spreadsheet.
2. Click Tools and then click Macro, choose Security
3. Set Security Level to Medium.
4. Click OK.
5. Double click and open FluSurge file.
6. When asked to Disable Macros or Enable Macros, click Enable Macros.

Downloading the Files:

• FluSurge Spreadsheet
  Download the Excel Sheet
  
  
• FluSurge Manual
  Download PDF version formatted for print (375 KB/21 pages)