Open AccessThe organisational response of a hospital critical care service to the COVID-19 pandemic: The Groote Schuur Hospital experience
Author(s) -
W L Michell,
Ivan Joubert,
Sam Peters,
David Fredericks,
Malcolm Miller,
J Piercy,
Christel Arnold-Day,
David Thomson,
Richard van Zyl-Smit,
Greg Calligaro,
G.W. Strathie,
Patrick Semple,
Ross Hofmeyr,
David M. Peters,
Keertan Dheda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
southern african journal of critical care/the southern african journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2078-676X
pISSN - 1562-8264
DOI - 10.7196/sajcc.2021.v37i2.503
Subject(s) - medicine , teamwork , triage , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , pandemic , emergency medicine , intensive care , service (business) , medical emergency , covid-19 , nursing , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economy , political science , law , economics
There are limited data about the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)-related organisational responses and the challenges of expanding a critical care service in a resource-limited setting.