Emergency departments and the COVID-19 pandemic: making the most of limited resources

Emerg Med J. 2020 May;37(5):258-259. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209660. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Authors

Rob Mitchell^{1

2

3}, Colin Banks^{3

4}; authoring working party

Affiliations

¹ Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ro.mitchell@alfred.org.au.
² School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Global Emergency Care Committee, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: disaster planning and response; infectious diseases.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Australasia / epidemiology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Guidelines as Topic
Health Care Rationing
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Surge Capacity