ArticleThe American journal of emergency medicine2021
Evolution of emergency medical calls during a pandemic - An emergency medical service during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Utilization Amid COVID-19 in 2020: Descriptive Study Based on Routinely Collected Dispatch Data in Bavaria, Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in the prehospital emergency technician's resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A web-based cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Contribution of Live Video to Physicians' Remote Assessment of Suspected COVID-19 Patients in an Emergency Medical Communication Centre: A Retrospective Study and Web-Based Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Time indices of pre-hospital EMS missions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of COVID-19 lockdown strategies on emergency medical services.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Patterns of Emergency Medical Transport for Suspected Acute Stroke, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Other Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Analysis of a Large Hospital-Based Emergency Medical Services Agency.Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Ambulance attendance for substance and/or alcohol use in a pandemic: Interrupted time series analysis of incidents.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China.Irish journal of medical science · 2022Article
- Medical emergency calls and calls for central nervous system symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionEmergency Medical Services (EMS) are expected to be affected by a pandemic outbreak. However, the available data about trends and extents of these effects is limited.
methodsWe analyzed numbers of ambulance calls for all 136 diagnosis codes used by Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's national EMS during 121 days between January 01 and April 30, 2020.
resultsThere was an increase in calls for COVID-19 symptoms (cough, fever, throat pain). This trend followed the same shape as the curve for confirmed COVID-19 patients. Trends were found to increase for calls not followed by transport to the hospital as well as in calls for mental or psychiatric causes. Simultaneously, there was a decrease in calls for cardiovascular issues, pneumonia, and all injuries.
conclusionUnderstanding these correlations may allow better preparedness of the EMS and a better response towards the public needs in the period of an epidemic or a pandemic.
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