Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department services acuity and possible collateral damage

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads rapidly across the globe in early 2020.1 In Taiwan, there were 429 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths as of April 30.2 The outbreak has created unprecedented burden on the society and health care system, particularly the frontline emergency department (ED).

Source: Resuscitation - June 21, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chih-Wei Sung, Tsung-Chien Lu, Cheng-Chung Fang, Chien-Hua Huang, Wen-Jone Chen, Shyr-Chyr Chen, Chu-Lin Tsai Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research