Emergency department reorganisation to cope with COVID-19 outbreak in Milan university hospital: a time-sensitive challenge

Abstract Background In March 2020 we faced a huge spread of the epidemic of SARS-CoV2 in northern Italy; the Emergency Departments (ED) and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were overwhelmed by patients requiring care. The hospitals were forced to reorganize their services, and the ED was the foc...

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Main Authors: A. Jachetti, G. Colombo, B. Brignolo-Ottolini, J. Franchi, M. Solbiati, M. Pecorino Meli, P. Bosco, G. Costantino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00464-w