Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Helsinki - experience of the first wave of the pandemic.

Markku KuismaHeini Harve-RytsäläJussi PirneskoskiJames BoydMitja LääperiAri SaloTuukka Puolakka

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2021)

In a sample of suspected COVID-19 patients, the laboratory-positive and laboratory-negative patients were clinically indistinguishable from each other during the prehospital assessment. Foreign-language-speakers had a high likelihood of having Covid-19. The modified WHO criteria still form the basis of screening of suspected COVID-19 patients in the prehospital setting.

Keyphrases

sars cov
cardiac arrest
coronavirus disease
end stage renal disease
trauma patients
emergency medical
ejection fraction
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
newly diagnosed
pulmonary embolism
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported