Acute outbreaks of novel virus caused diseases like coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
challenge the national and international healthcare systems and specifically the emergency …

Background The COVID-19 disease outbreak that first surfaced in Wuhan, China, in
December 2019, has taken the world by storm and ravaged almost every country in the …

The 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory epidemic is creating a stressed situation in all
the health systems of the affected countries. Emergency medical systems and specifically …

Background The pandemic has impacted both patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus
and patients who seek emergency assistance due to other health issues. Changes in …

The COVID-19 pandemic, and local, regional and national responses to it, have progressed
more rapidly than any other medical entity in many of our professional experiences. All …

Background The potential excess flow of patients into emergency departments and
community clinics for testing and examination during a pandemic poses a major issue …

Interestingly, while we were trying to manage the great increase of COVID-19 suspect
patients into the 'dirty'ED area, we noticed a drop of the ED access to the 'clean'area, for non …

Background The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by rapid increases in
Emergency department (ED) patient visits. EDs required an appropriate transformation. The …

With the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency rooms are faced with major challenges because
they act as the interface between outpatient and inpatient care. The dynamics of the …

The COVID-19 epidemic required rapid and frequent adaptations from the prehospital
emergency medical services (EMS). The exposure of EMS providers is significant …