Background Over the course of the COVID-19 progress, reports from many locations around
the world indicated major increases in EMS call volume, which imposed great pressure on …

Abstract Introduction Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are expected to be affected by a
pandemic outbreak. However, the available data about trends and extents of these effects is …

Objectives To describe the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on New York City's (NYC) 9‐1‐
1 emergency medical services (EMS) system and assess the efficacy of pandemic planning …

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a
major impact on health care services globally. Recent studies report that emergency …

Abstract Objective Prior data suggest Emergency Department (ED) visits for many
emergency conditions decreased during the initial COVID-19 surge. However, the …

Methods We evaluated the chief complaint as well as the pattern and number of EMS calls
and dispatches during the 28-day intervals before and after the February 18, 2020, COVID …

Objective: Relatively little has been reported about the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on
emergency ambulance services. We describe the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health problem. Subsequently,
emergency medical services (EMS) have anecdotally experienced fluctuations in demand …

Background Our objective was to quantify trends in emergency medical services (EMS)
incidents as the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic spread across the United States and to …

Dear Editor, The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will stretch hospital
resources all over the world. EDs in high-income countries are not immune, but those in low …