Expert consensus on emergency medicine procedure optimization guided by routine prevention and control strategy for COVID-19

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Weiyong Sheng, Biao Chen, Shanjie Fan, Zhuanglin Zeng, Ying Zhou, Kunpeng Huang, Xing Cheng, Chunyan Cao, Banghong Da, Ning Zhou, Qidi Zhou, Qinghua Wang, Jun Guo, Peng Sun, Chuanzhu Lv, Xiaoling Fu, Jinxiang Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
• Subjects: covid-19; emergency medicine; optimization; control; consensue; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.312530; https://doaj.org/article/de646be2178140839991d3a7e4f0ba7a

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global public health emergency on 31 January 2020. Emergency medicine procedures in Emergency Department should be optimized to cope with the current COVID-19 pandemic by providing subspecialty services, reducing the spread of nosocomial infections, and promoting its capabilities to handle emerging diseases. Thus, the Chinese Society of Emergency Medicine and Wuhan Society of Emergency Medicine drafted this consensus together to address concerns of medical staffs who work in Emergency Department. Based on in-depth review of COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment plans, literatures, as well as management approval, this consensus proposes recommendations for improving the rationalization and efficiency of emergency processes, reducing the risk of nosocomial infections, preventing hospital viral transmission, and ensuring patient safety.