Open AccessCOVID-19 epidemic in the Seine-Saint-Denis Department of Greater Paris: one month and three waves for a tsunami
Author(s) -
Frédéric Lapostolle,
Laurent Goix,
I Vianu,
Érick Chanzy,
Carla De Stefano,
Judith Gorlicki,
Tomislav Pétrovic,
Frédéric Adnet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1473-5695
pISSN - 0969-9546
DOI - 10.1097/mej.0000000000000723
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , covid-19 , emergency medicine , intensive care , medical emergency , health care , demography , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth , psychiatry
Worldwide, the COVID-19 epidemic has put health systems to the test. The excess mortality is partly due to the influx of patients requiring hospitalization and intensive care. We propose that the chronology of epidemic spread gives a window of time in which hospitals can act to prevent reaching capacity.