Wayne Annie S, Rozanski Elizabeth A
Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA.
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2020 Jul;30(4):493-497. doi: 10.1111/vec.12974. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented veterinary emergency hospitals with unique challenges. Rapid online surveys represent an efficient way of collating responses to rapidly shifting circumstances.
Fifty, 24-h small animal emergency veterinary hospital representatives were recruited to participate in weekly surveys in April 2020 to catalog changes due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The majority of emergency veterinary hospitals surveyed reported significant changes to day-to-day operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reporting of weekly survey results provides useful information on how emergency veterinary hospitals with similar challenges are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情给兽医急诊医院带来了独特的挑战。快速在线调查是整理对迅速变化情况的回应的有效方式。
招募了50名小型动物急诊兽医医院的代表,他们于2020年4月参加每周一次的调查,以记录因新冠疫情而产生的变化。
接受调查的大多数急诊兽医医院报告称,由于新冠疫情,日常运营发生了重大变化。
每周调查结果的报告提供了关于面临类似挑战的急诊兽医医院如何应对新冠疫情的有用信息。