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Prehosp Disaster Med · Aug 2020
Critical Care Surge Capacity to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: A Rapid and Affordable Solution in the Novara Hospital.
- Gianmaria Cammarota, Luca Ragazzoni, Fabio Capuzzi, Simone Pulvirenti, Nello De Vita, Erminio Santangelo, Federico Verdina, Francesca Grossi, Rosanna Vaschetto, and Della Corte Francesco F Anesthesia and General Intensive Care, "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy. .
- Anesthesia and General Intensive Care, "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
- Prehosp Disaster Med. 2020 Aug 1; 35 (4): 431-433.
AbstractThe rapid insurgence and spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exceeded the limit of the intensive care unit (ICU) contingency plan of the Maggiore della Carità University Hospital (Novara, Italy) generating a crisis management condition. This brief report describes how a prompt response to the sudden request of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) was provided by addressing the key elements of health care system surge capacity from contingency to crisis. In a short time and at a relatively low cost, a structural modification of a hospital aisle allowed to convert the general ICU into a COVID-19 unit, increasing the number of COVID-19 critical care beds by 107%.
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