Emergency Considerations in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

Conclusion The joint response of science and medicine to develop safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has been brisk and productive. Distribution efforts will now be the next step in limiting the breadth of this pandemic. EMS agencies will play a key role in some areas in the administration of vaccinations for their communities. The authors suggest that to better clarify the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines, EMS systems must maintain a log of the type and incidence of adverse events following vaccine administration, EMS responses to the adverse events, as well as those patients’ outcomes from this management. Careful inclusion of these data points will help to bolster the vaccine’s safety profile and public confidence in the vaccine.  References COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. (2020, December 13). Retrieved from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/.Center for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Data Tracker. (2020, December 13). Retrieved from https://COVID-19.cdc.gov/COVID-19-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days.WHO Rapid Evidence Appraisal for COVID-19 Therapies (REACT) Working Group, Sterne, J., Murthy, S., Diaz, J. V., et al. (2020). Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-analysis. JAMA, 324(13), 1330–1341. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.17023Tomazini, B. M., Maia, I. S., Cavalcanti, A. B., et al., COALITION COVID-19 Brazil III Investigato...
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