Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency medical system missions and emergency department visits in the Venice area

Eur J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;27(4):298-300. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000724.

Authors

Federica Stella¹, Chiara Alexopoulos^{1

2}, Tommaso Scquizzato^{1

3}, Alessandro Zorzi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medical Services (SUEM 118), AULSS3 Serenissima, Venice.
² Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Padua.
³ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan.
⁴ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Italy.

PMID: 32618771
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000724

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Italy
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Risk Assessment