Emergency Care Systems: The Missing Link for Effective Treatment of COVID-19 in Africa

被引：1
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作者：
Calvello Hynes, Emilie J. [1 ]
Bills, Corey B. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Colorado, Sch Med, Dept Emergency Med, Aurora, CO USA
来源：
DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS | 2020年 / 14卷 / 04期
关键词：
disease outbreaks; emergency medicine; emergency service; health systems; hospital;
D O I：
10.1017/dmp.2020.239
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Cases of COVID-19 are rising quickly on the African continent. A critical element of any health system response to such a surge of active cases is the existence of functional emergency care systems. Yet, these systems are markedly underdeveloped in African countries. This short letter reviews the key role emergency medicine plays in epidemic disease response and actions that ministries of health can take now to shore up gaps in emergency care capacity to avoid needless death and suffering of COVID-19 patients.
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