The effect of COVID-19 on emergency medical service call volumes and patient acuity: a cross-sectional study in Niagara, Ontario

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health problem. Subsequently, emergency medical services (EMS) have anecdotally experienced fluctuations in demand, with reports across Canada of both increased and decreased demand. Our primary objective was to assess the effect of the COV...

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Main Authors: Richard Ferron, Gina Agarwal, Rhiannon Cooper, Douglas Munkley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00431-5