Brown D Ross, Hennecke Peter, Nottebrock Doug, Dhillon Paul
Co-Senior Medical Director, Coastal Community of Care, Vancouver Coastal Health and VCH/PHC COVID-19 Regional Emergency Operations Centre Director; Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Clinical Operations Director, BC Mobile Medical Unit-Health Emergency Management BC (HEMBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Am J Disaster Med. 2020;15(2):143-148. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2020.0365.
The Vancouver Convention Health Centre (VCHC) was rapidly set up as a part of the COVID-19 response in Brit-ish Columbia in order to create surge hospital capacity bed space. Multiple field hospitals were set up across the country in preparation for a possible surge and the VCHC utilized a non-traditional health care space and overlaid it with medical infrastructure. Maximum flexibility was required in planning for multiple patient populations and a novel four-box concept to plan for the requirements of the respective possible populations was developed. Key difficulties that needed to be overcome in planning COVID-19 medical care delivery in a non-traditional space included oxygen delivery, unknown future patient populations, and staffing. A clear recommendation can also now be made that healthcare provision should be considered during the design and build of new recreational or convention facilities in all communities.
温哥华会展健康中心（VCHC）作为不列颠哥伦比亚省应对新冠疫情的一部分迅速设立，以创造激增医院容量的床位空间。全国各地设立了多个野战医院，为可能的激增做准备，VCHC利用了一个非传统的医疗空间，并在其上叠加了医疗基础设施。在为多种患者群体规划时需要最大程度的灵活性，因此开发了一种新颖的四箱概念来规划各可能群体的需求。在非传统空间规划新冠医疗服务时需要克服的关键困难包括氧气供应、未来未知的患者群体以及人员配备。现在也可以明确建议，在所有社区新建娱乐或会展设施的设计和建设过程中都应考虑医疗服务的提供。
