Open AccessA Retrospective Analysis of the Initial Effect of COVID-19 on German Prehospital Care During Lockdown in Germany
Author(s) -
Marcus Örgel,
M. Gogol,
Tilman Graulich,
Mohamed Omar,
Alexander Ranker,
Christian Böttcher,
Emmanouil Liodakis,
Christian Krettek,
Christian Macke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s289070
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , pandemic , retrospective cohort study , german , emergency medicine , medical emergency , geography , outbreak , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology
This retrospective cohort analysis examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the prehospital setting in Germany. The data of two emergency physician response units of a northern German region with 1.2 million citizens was analyzed retrospectively.