Adaption of the emergency department decontamination room for airway management during COVID-19

On December 31, 2019 the first cluster of cases of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, China later confirmed to be due to the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV [1]. The first case in the United States was reported on January 20, 2020 [2]. In early March 2020, our hospital took care of one of its first COVID-19 patient. It was during this time that we also had our first COVID positive cardiac arrest. Given good communication from the patient's family to the public safety answering point, appropriate warning was provided to the emergency medical services (EMS).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research