Effects of dynamic response to coronavirus disease outbreak in a regional emergency medical center: A retrospective study
| Autor: | Seung Hyun Ko, Gyun Moo Kim, Young Woo Seo, Suk Hee Lee, Ye Jin Oh, Tae Chang Jang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Emergency Medical Services Isolation (health care) emergency department Observational Study Disease Disease Outbreaks Patient Isolation coronavirus disease 2019 Republic of Korea medicine Emergency medical services Infection control Humans Aged Retrospective Studies Infection Control business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Medical record Outbreak COVID-19 emergency medical system Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Emergency department Continuity of Patient Care Middle Aged coronavirus disease Emergency medicine Female business Emergency Service Hospital Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1536-5964 |
| Popis: | Emergency departments (EDs) are on the frontline of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. To resolve the abrupt overloading of COVID-19-suspected patients in a community, each ED needs to respond in various ways. In our hospital, we increased the isolation beds through temporary remodeling and by performing in-hospital COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction testing rather than outsourcing them. The aim of this study was to verify the effects of our response to the newly developed viral outbreak.The medical records of patients who presented to an ED were analyzed retrospectively. We divided the study period into 3: pre-COVID-19, transition period of response (the period before fully implementing the response measures), and post-response (the period after complete response). We compared the parameters of the National Emergency Department Information System and information about isolation and COVID-19.The number of daily ED patients was 86.8â±â15.4 in the pre-COVID-19, 36.3â±â13.6 in the transition period, and 67.2â±â10.0 in the post-response period (Pâ |
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