Analysis of medical emergency management throughout the COVID 19 pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 was responsible for numerous cases of respiratory system infections ranging from flu-like syndrome to severe cases of respiratory failure. SARS-Cov-2 is easily transmitted, resulting in an increasing number of infected people requiring medical assistance. As a result, hospitals instituted new strategies aimed at improving patient care. The objective is to analyze improvements in the management of medical emergencies throughout the COVID - 19 pandemic. The descriptors "organization and administration" or "medical emergency services" and "pandemic" or "Covid-19" were used in MeSH and in DeCS, in the Pubmed and VHL databases, with the Boolean operator AND. The articles reveal the challenge of managing medical emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic: high demand, lack of specialization, lack of protocol and overload. Epidemiological surveillance supported the pandemic response strategy, installed as a basis for the creation of new care protocols. The restriction relies on the optimization of services, such as canceling elective surgeries, just-in-time training and structuring field hospitals. The pandemic highlighted a failure in the emergency system in terms of providing equipment and training professionals, interfering with the dynamics and techno-assistance arrangements in assisting the population.