Emergency department presentations in the Southern District of New Zealand during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Manurereau T AllenBrianna C ThompsonBrad AtkinsonChristie E FyfeMeghan J ScanlanRachel E StephenSophie I ThomasGrace N WelshRebekah WrigleyAdam McLeaySierra BeckJohn D DockertyPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2021)
Within the SDHB, patient volumes reduced during levels 4 and 3 of our lockdown, with reduced low-acuity presentations. High-acuity patient numbers also declined. Trauma, mental health, alcohol-related, infectious respiratory and acute coronary syndrome presentations declined while cerebrovascular accident and appendicitis numbers showed little to no change.