Staying Ahead of the Wave

Staying Ahead of the Wave

This report from a hard-hit hospital on Long Island, New York, explains how the local coronavirus epidemic led to rapid innovation. The ED set up a forward-triage and treatment unit and a split-flow process to expedite care. Ways were found to produce face shields and hand sanitizer and to sterilize...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2020-04, Vol.382 (18), p.e44-e44
Hauptverfasser: Singer, Adam J, Morley, Eric J, Henry, Mark C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Ambulatory care
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital - supply & distribution
Hospital Administration
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Masks
New York - epidemiology
Pandemics
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Respirators
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:This report from a hard-hit hospital on Long Island, New York, explains how the local coronavirus epidemic led to rapid innovation. The ED set up a forward-triage and treatment unit and a split-flow process to expedite care. Ways were found to produce face shields and hand sanitizer and to sterilize used N95 respirators.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2009409