Prehospital Pediatric Asthma Care during COVID-19: Changes to EMS Treatment Protocols and Downstream Clinical Effects.
Jennifer N FisheHanna HeintzSylvia Owusu-AnsahKyle SchmuckerLauren C RineyOlga SemenovaGerard GarvanLorin R BrownePublished in: Prehospital emergency care (2022)
Despite a decrease in prehospital bronchodilator administration after COVID-19 changes to prehospital pediatric asthma management protocols, hospital admission rates and ED length-of-stay did not significantly increase. However, this finding is tempered by the marked decrease in study patients treated after COVID-19 prehospital protocol modifications. Given the potential for future waves of COVID-19 variants, further studies with larger patient populations are warranted.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- emergency medical
- cardiac arrest
- sars cov
- trauma patients
- emergency department
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- healthcare
- lung function
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- palliative care
- allergic rhinitis
- gene expression
- current status
- quality improvement
- copy number
- pain management
- risk assessment
- air pollution
- chronic pain
- childhood cancer
- adverse drug
- climate change
- electronic health record