[COVID-19 Stress test for ensuring emergency healthcare: strategy and response of emergency medical services in Berlin].

CONCLUSION: The continuing pandemic reveals that tasks and responsibilities of public services in emergency rescue go far beyond the immediate medical prevention of danger to life and limb. In addition to the controller and triage functions in the integrated dispatch center of the Berlin Fire Brigade (112), the emergency and healthcare measures could be ensured. This was accomplished by comprehensive measures for situation control, situation reports and mastering situations despite the lack of alternative outpatient care options, especially in the areas of general practitioner, public health care and medical specialist practices.
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Source: Der Anaesthesist - November 27, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Dahmen J, Bäker L, Breuer F, Homrighausen K, Pommerenke C, Stiepak JK, Poloczek S Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research