Strategies to Improve Patient Flow in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review of Our Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a tremendous strain on the global healthcare system. Emergency departments worldwide have been challenged to the extreme end. This has led clinicians and policy creators to rearrange patient flow pathways for an efficient emergency department (ED).

Methods

It was reported according to our experience of utilizing a novel strategy to enhance patient flow while reducing the risk of infection transmission among patients and healthcare staff. This included the development of three layers of triage. First, an outer checkpoint prior to the hospital entrance was established to identify eligible patients for emergency department visits. The second layer of triage is located at the ED entrance to direct patients either to the respiratory

SUBMITTER: Al-Shareef AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410429 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature