Preparing a deployed role 3 medical treatment facility for COVID-19 in Afghanistan
| Autor: | Brian White, Ivor J S Lewin, D J Krasucki, R P Stuart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Medical treatment
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Battlefield Pandemic Health care medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency Force protection business Personal protective equipment North Atlantic Treaty |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Military Health |
| ISSN: | 2633-3775 |
| Popis: | The Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield is the coalition role 3 facility for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT in northern Afghanistan. The onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 presented the challenges of limiting viral transmission, disease force protection, specific protection of healthcare workers and management of patients with COVID-19, all while continuing to provide high-quality care for battlefield trauma. The estimated COVID-19 threat led to the introduction of enhanced force protection measures across the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan. Surveillance testing of high-risk groups at coalition locations was established. Non-essential movements were restricted and quarantine periods instigated. Protection of healthcare workers and patients was improved with enhanced personal protective equipment as well as structural, procedural and personnel changes across the role 3 facility in order to limit viral exposure and transmission. This occurred in a resource-limited environment without degrading overall clinical capability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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