Faria Giles, Onubogu Ifeanyi Kem, Tadros Baha John, Relwani Jai
East Kent Hospitals University Hospitals NHS Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ, UK.
J Orthop. 2020 Nov-Dec;22:288-290. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.06.004. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
COVID-19 is a significant worldwide challenge to many healthcare systems. In Trauma and Orthopaedics, there has been a significant change in the workload but departments have been compelled to change their practice in order to match the demand, as well as respond to the escalating situation of COVID. Some guidance is available on these changes from bodies such as the National Health Service (NHS), Public Health England and the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA). We have implemented certain changes in our university district general hospital trauma and orthopaedic department with regard to staff roles, outpatient and inpatient care and operative protocols. We aim to present some of these changes and their effects on patient care in an attempt to share these with colleagues who may face similar pressures and make some recommendations to help others prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19.
新冠疫情对许多医疗系统来说是一项重大的全球性挑战。在创伤与骨科领域，工作量发生了显著变化，但各科室不得不改变其工作方式，以满足需求，并应对新冠疫情不断升级的形势。英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）、英国公共卫生部和英国骨科协会（BOA）等机构针对这些变化提供了一些指导意见。我们已在我们大学区综合医院的创伤与骨科部门就人员角色、门诊和住院护理以及手术方案实施了某些变革。我们旨在介绍其中的一些变革及其对患者护理的影响，以便与可能面临类似压力的同事分享，并提出一些建议，帮助其他人应对可能到来的第二波新冠疫情。
