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Urgency and emergency process for ambulance regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic
AbstractIssueSevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by SARS-CoV-2 proved to be a global public health problem. Critical ill patients attended in Primary Health Care (PHC) often require fast transportation to the Urgency and Emergency Network (UEN). Controlling an ambulance fleet requires technical skill, discipline, organization and emotional care. During the pandemic, there was an increase in ambulances requests, including removing patients from PHC to the UEN. In this context, ambulances were occasionally lost or not directed to PHC facilities, resulting in worsening the patient clinical situation, dropout or lo...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
