作者
Betty Y Yang, Leslie M Barnard, Jamie M Emert, Christopher Drucker, Leilani Schwarcz, Catherine R Counts, David L Murphy, Sally Guan, Kosuke Kume, Karen Rodriquez, Tracie Jacinto, Susanne May, Michael R Sayre, Thomas Rea
发表日期
2020/7/1
期刊
JAMA network open
卷号
3
期号
7
页码范围
e2014549-e2014549
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
The ability to identify patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the prehospital emergency setting could inform strategies for infection control and use of personal protective equipment. However, little is known about the presentation of patients with COVID-19 requiring emergency care, particularly those who used 911 emergency medical services (EMS).
Objective
To describe patient characteristics and prehospital presentation of patients with COVID-19 cared for by EMS.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This retrospective cohort study included 124 patients who required 911 EMS care for COVID-19 in King County, Washington, a large metropolitan region covering 2300 square miles with 2.2 million residents in urban, suburban, and rural areas, between February 1, 2020, and March 18, 2020.
Exposures
COVID-19 was diagnosed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction detection of …
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