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Abstract
The novelty and uncertainty associated with COVID-19 has created challenges for politicians, citizens, and healthcare providers, leaving no one unaffected. As members of the front line of defense, providers in Emergency Departments (EDs) face the momentous challenge of effectively identifying and treating patients with COVID-19, working with experts in Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Public Health, and other disciplines. We must coordinate these efforts while also protecting staff, implementing strategies to reduce transmission, and managing ED patients with conditions unrelated to COVID-19. Striving to maintain a grasp of the rapidly accumulating publications in medical journals and the media, we provide this brief article as a pragmatic summary of the challenges facing the ED.
DOI
10.18297/jri/vol4/iss1/13
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Recommended Citation
Huecker, Martin; Shreffler, Jacob; Ross, Adam; Shoff, Hugh; Mallory, Mary Nan S.; and Thomas, J. Jeremy
(2020)
"Emergency Medicine in the Time of COVID,"
The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections: Vol. 4
:
Iss.
1
, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18297/jri/vol4/iss1/13
Available at:
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jri/vol4/iss1/13
