Implementation and findings on a one-minute sit-stand test for prehospital triage in patients with suspected COVID-19-a pilot project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the initial Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave, sparse personal protection equipment made telephone triage of suscpeted COVID-19 patients for ambulance transport necessary. To spare resources, stable patients were often treated and released on-scene, but reports from Italy suggested that some later detoriated. We implemented a prehospital sit-stand test to identify patients in risk for detoriation.

Methods

The test was implemented as part of a new guideline in stable suspected COVID-19 patients younger than 70 years with no risk factors for serious disease triaged by general practitioners to ambulance response in the Central Denmark Region. Data were collected from April 6^th to July 6^th 2020. The primary outcome for th

SUBMITTER: Kjerulff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature