14. Government-Mandated Social Distancing Did Not Alter Operative Vascular Trauma Patterns at a Single Level-One Trauma Center

On March 16, 2020, the Federal government issued the Coronavirus Guidelines for America which included recommendations for social distancing. Furthermore, Georgia issued a state-mandated shelter in place order beginning April 2, 2020 and lasting until April 30, 2020. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if government mandates for social distancing had any effects on the number of patients presenting to our urban level 1 trauma center with vascular injuries requiring operative intervention.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - November 1, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Christopher Ramos, Jaime Benarroch-Gampel, Victoria Teodorescu, Ravi Rajani Source Type: research