The National Emergency Medical Service Role During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone

This report describes the main adaptive and transformative changes adopted by the brand-new National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) to face the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sierra Leone, including ambulance re-distribution, improvements in communication flow, implementation of ad-h...

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Autores principales: Caviglia, Marta, Buson, Riccardo, Pini, Sara, Jambai, Amara, Vandy, Matthew Jusu, Venturini, Francesco, Rosi, Paolo, Barone-Adesi, Francesco, Della Corte, Francesco, Ragazzoni, Luca, Putoto, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:
Field Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7545255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32959740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20001211
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Sumario:This report describes the main adaptive and transformative changes adopted by the brand-new National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) to face the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sierra Leone, including ambulance re-distribution, improvements in communication flow, implementation of ad-hoc procedures and trainings, and budget re-allocation. In a time-span of four months, 1,170 COVID-19 cases have been handled by the NEMS through a parallel referral system, while efforts have been made to manage the routine emergencies of the country, causing a substantial intensification of daily activities.

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