Critical Care Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic

•Critical care organizations play a central role in surge logistics for a hospital system.•Critical care organizations, using the principles of the Four S’s (space, staff, supplies, and systems), can best coordinate the response to health disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.•Critical care organizations can play a pivotal role in promoting health equity. •Critical care organizations play a central role in surge logistics for a hospital system.•Critical care organizations, using the principles of the Four S’s (space, staff, supplies, and systems), can best coordinate the response to health disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.•Critical care organizations can play a pivotal role in promoting health equity.