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Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States

India and the United States have both witnessed a high burden of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic was declared in early 2020. However, the COVID-19 restrictions have met with mixed responses in India and the US. Despite recommendations to continue social isolation and personal hygiene measures...

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Autores principales: Sarfraz, Zouina, Sarfraz, Azza, Sarfraz, Muzna, Chohan, Farah A., Stringfellow, Claire, Jain, Esha, Hange, Namrata, Loh, Hanyou, Felix, Miguel, Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34956642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103197
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author Sarfraz, Zouina
Sarfraz, Azza
Sarfraz, Muzna
Chohan, Farah A.
Stringfellow, Claire
Jain, Esha
Hange, Namrata
Loh, Hanyou
Felix, Miguel
Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
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Sarfraz, Azza
Sarfraz, Muzna
Chohan, Farah A.
Stringfellow, Claire
Jain, Esha
Hange, Namrata
Loh, Hanyou
Felix, Miguel
Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
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description India and the United States have both witnessed a high burden of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic was declared in early 2020. However, the COVID-19 restrictions have met with mixed responses in India and the US. Despite recommendations to continue social isolation and personal hygiene measures, India has not been able to curb the rise in daily cases. Our findings demonstrate the difference in the manner by which India and the US differ in their emergency handling of patients. We conducted a thorough review of the existing protocols and data concerning emergency responses in India and the US. The triage and care of suspected COVID-19 positive patients is different across India and the US. We find that there is a shortage of oxygenation, vaccination and other essential supplies in India. Further, the US is able to triage patients through telemedicine and EMS before suspected COVID-19 patients arrive, which is less prevalent in India. Our study identifies the importance of the emergency department (ED) as a critical contributor to the prevention and care of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients. Hospitals in India have been struggling to accommodate a huge influx of patients during its second wave with the ED playing a key link in their COVID-19 response.
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spelling pubmed-86902802021-12-21 Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Sarfraz, Muzna Chohan, Farah A. Stringfellow, Claire Jain, Esha Hange, Namrata Loh, Hanyou Felix, Miguel Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan Ann Med Surg (Lond) Review India and the United States have both witnessed a high burden of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic was declared in early 2020. However, the COVID-19 restrictions have met with mixed responses in India and the US. Despite recommendations to continue social isolation and personal hygiene measures, India has not been able to curb the rise in daily cases. Our findings demonstrate the difference in the manner by which India and the US differ in their emergency handling of patients. We conducted a thorough review of the existing protocols and data concerning emergency responses in India and the US. The triage and care of suspected COVID-19 positive patients is different across India and the US. We find that there is a shortage of oxygenation, vaccination and other essential supplies in India. Further, the US is able to triage patients through telemedicine and EMS before suspected COVID-19 patients arrive, which is less prevalent in India. Our study identifies the importance of the emergency department (ED) as a critical contributor to the prevention and care of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients. Hospitals in India have been struggling to accommodate a huge influx of patients during its second wave with the ED playing a key link in their COVID-19 response. Elsevier 2021-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8690280/ /pubmed/34956642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103197 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sarfraz, Azza
Sarfraz, Muzna
Chohan, Farah A.
Stringfellow, Claire
Jain, Esha
Hange, Namrata
Loh, Hanyou
Felix, Miguel
Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States
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title_full Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States
title_fullStr Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States
title_full_unstemmed Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States
title_short Lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of India and the United States
title_sort lessons learnt from emergency medicine services during the covid-19 pandemic: a case study of india and the united states
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34956642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103197
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