| Autor: |
Gagliano A; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Lodi, Department of Surgery, Complex Unit of General and Thoracic Surgery, Lodi, Italy., Villani PG; ASST Lodi, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Unit of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Lodi, Italy., Co' FM; ASST Lodi, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Emergency Department, Lodi, Italy., Manelli A; ASST Lodi, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Emergency Department, Lodi, Italy., Paglia S; ASST Lodi, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Emergency Department, Lodi, Italy., Bisagni PAG; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Lodi, Department of Surgery, Complex Unit of General and Thoracic Surgery, Lodi, Italy., Perotti GM; ASST Lodi, Direction and Management, Lodi, Italy., Storti E; ASST Lodi, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Unit of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Lodi, Italy., Lombardo M; ASST Lodi, Direction and Management, Lodi, Italy. |
| Abstrakt: |
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began in China in early December 2019 and rapidly has spread to many countries around the globe, with the number of confirmed cases increasing every day. An epidemic has been recorded since February 20 in a middle province in Northern Italy (Lodi province, in the low Po Valley). The first line hospital had to redesign its logistical and departmental structure to respond to the influx of COVID-19-positive patients who needed hospitalization. Logistical and structural strategies were guided by the crisis unit, managing in 8 days from the beginning of the epidemic to prepare the hospital to be ready to welcome more than 200 COVID-19-positive patients with different ventilatory requirements, keeping clean emergency access lines, and restoring surgical interventions and deferred urgent, routine activity. |
