Planning for the next pandemic: Reflections on the early phase of the Australian COVID-19 public health response from the emergency department.

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Tytuł:: Planning for the next pandemic: Reflections on the early phase of the Australian COVID-19 public health response from the emergency department.
Autorzy:: Govindasamy LS; Emergency Department, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Hsiao KH
Foong LH; Emergency Department, Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Judkins S; Emergency Department, Echuca Health, Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
Źródło:: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA [Emerg Med Australas] 2021 Aug; Vol. 33 (4), pp. 759-761. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 11.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: Wes Melbourne, Victoria : Blackwell Pub., c2004-
MeSH Terms:: Disaster Planning*
COVID-19/*prevention & control
Emergency Service, Hospital/*organization & administration
Pandemics/*prevention & control
Australia/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Humans ; Public Health ; SARS-CoV-2
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Contributed Indexing:: Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; disaster planning; pandemic; public health emergency
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20210430 Date Completed: 20210810 Latest Revision: 20220716
Update Code:: 20240104
PubMed Central ID:: PMC8209894
DOI:: 10.1111/1742-6723.13799
PMID:: 33928756
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EDs play a crucial role as frontline health services throughout public health emergencies, including pandemics. The strength of the Australian public health response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has mitigated the impact of the pandemic on clinical services, but there has still been a substantial impact on EDs and the health system. We revisit major events and lessons from the first wave of COVID-19 in Australia to consider the implications and avenues for system-level improvements for future pandemic and public health emergency response for EDs. Notwithstanding, the remarkable efforts of healthcare workers across the health system, COVID-19 has uncovered structural and planning challenges and highlighted weaknesses and strengths of the Australian federation. In anticipating future pandemics and other public health threats, particularly in the face of climate change, hard-won lessons from the COVID-19 response should be incorporated in future planning, policies, practice and advocacy.
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