Effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on the U.S. Emergency Medical Services System: A Preliminary Report.

E Brooke Lerner Craig D Newgard N Clay Mann

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

We found that early in the COVID-19 outbreak there was a significant decrease in the number of EMS responses across the United States. Simultaneously the rate of EMS-attended death doubled, while the rate of injuries decreased.

Keyphrases

emergency medical
coronavirus disease
healthcare
primary care
mental health