Standing up the emergency response in the epicenter of the epicenter

Colleen Smith; Suzanne Suzi Bentley; Geoff Jara-Almonte; Veronica Delgado; Phillip Fairweather; Cathy Lind; Ram Parekh; Stuart Kessler; Laura Iavicoli

doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-18755-1.00014-5

Standing up the emergency response in the epicenter of the epicenter

Colleen Smith, Suzanne Suzi Bentley, Geoff Jara-Almonte, Veronica Delgado, Phillip Fairweather, Cathy Lind, Ram Parekh, Stuart Kessler, Laura Iavicoli

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Abstract

When the light switch turned on, the patients showed up in droves. How the NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst Emergency Department stood up a response as the first and hardest-hit facility of its kind in the United States. Without knowledge of virulence, infectivity, treatment protocols, or clinical course, the staff at Elmhurst Hospital rallied to care for the neediest community.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Covid-19 Response in New York City
Subtitle of host publication	Crisis Management in the Epicenter of the Epicenter
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	3-27
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9780443187551
ISBN (Print)	9780443187568
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18755-1.00014-5
State	Published - 1 Jan 2024
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19 surge
Emergency department
Emergency medicine
Epicenter
Pandemic response
Surge
Surge response

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Smith, C., Bentley, S. S., Jara-Almonte, G., Delgado, V., Fairweather, P., Lind, C., Parekh, R., Kessler, S., & Iavicoli, L. (2024). Standing up the emergency response in the epicenter of the epicenter. In The Covid-19 Response in New York City: Crisis Management in the Epicenter of the Epicenter (pp. 3-27). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18755-1.00014-5

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