Hall Heather
Heather Hall worked at urgent care facilities in the metro-Detroit area in Michigan when this article was written. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2020 Jul;33(7):45-48. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000669772.78848.8c.
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, commonly presents as a severe acute respiratory disease referred to as coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). The rapid spread of the disease created challenges for healthcare systems and forced healthcare workers to grapple with clinical and nonclinical stressors, including shortages of personal protective equipment, mortality and morbidity associated with COVID-19, fear of bringing the virus home to family members, and the reality of losing colleagues to the disease. Evidence from previous outbreaks, along with early evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that these events have significant short- and long-term effects on the mental health of healthcare workers. All healthcare stakeholders should create short- and long-term plans to support the mental health of workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019年末在中国武汉出现的新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2），通常表现为一种严重的急性呼吸道疾病，称为冠状病毒病2019（COVID-19）。该疾病的迅速传播给医疗系统带来了挑战，并迫使医护人员应对临床和非临床压力源，包括个人防护装备短缺、与COVID-19相关的死亡率和发病率、担心将病毒带回家给家人，以及同事因该疾病离世的现实。以往疫情的证据，以及COVID-19大流行的早期证据表明，这些事件对医护人员的心理健康有重大的短期和长期影响。所有医疗利益相关者都应制定短期和长期计划，以在COVID-19大流行期间及之后支持医护人员的心理健康。
