The response of Milan's Emergency Medical System to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10227, 2020, Pages e49-e50

  Spina, Stefano ^a,b   Marrazzo, Francesco ^a,b   Migliari, Maurizio ^a,b   Stucchi, Riccardo ^a,b   Sforza, Alessandra ^a   Fumagalli, Roberto ^a,b  

^a Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LETTER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ALGORITHM; BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ALGORITHMS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85081262641     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30493-1     Document Type: Letter

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