Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic Surge: After-Action Report of a Coalition of Emergency Departments in New York City
Author(s) -
Christopher Tedeschi,
Angela M. Mills,
Rahul Sharma,
Emme L. Deland,
Benjamin L. Johnston,
Emy Schwimmer,
Katherine L. Heilpern
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.492
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1938-744X
pISSN - 1935-7893
DOI - 10.1017/dmp.2021.216
Subject(s) - pandemic , metropolitan area , covid-19 , surge capacity , action (physics) , medical emergency , salient , call to action , political science , medicine , business , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , outbreak , law , marketing
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has stressed the US health care system in unprecedented ways. In March and April 2020, emergency departments (EDs) throughout New York City experienced high volumes and acuity related to the pandemic. Here, we present a structured after-action report of a coalition of 9 EDs within a hospital system in the New York City metropolitan area, with an emphasis on best practices developed during the prolonged surge as well as specific opportunities for growth. We report our experience in 6 key areas using a framework built around lessons learned. This report represents the most salient concepts related to our institutional after-action report, and those seemingly most relevant to our peer institutions dealing with similar circumstances.