SARS and its impact on current and future Emergency Department operations

A long-standing concern for international spread of new, virulent pathogens became a reality with the advent of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This respiratory syndrome, caused by a coronavirus, spread rapidly across 30 nations since its first recognition in late 2002. SARS has presented...

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Published in:The Journal of emergency medicine 2004-05, Vol.26 (4), p.415-420
Main Authors: Marley, Chad T, Levsky, Marc E, Talbot, Timothy S, Kang, Christopher S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biological
emergency medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
EMS
Humans
mass casualty
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Quarantine
respiratory
SARS
SARS coronavirus
severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - diagnosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - prevention & control
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Summary:A long-standing concern for international spread of new, virulent pathogens became a reality with the advent of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This respiratory syndrome, caused by a coronavirus, spread rapidly across 30 nations since its first recognition in late 2002. SARS has presented the greatest recent threat to U.S. public health, and has come at a time when purposeful introduction of pathogens by terrorists is also of heightened concern. SARS has forced the international medical establishment to reexamine how best to manage such incidents.
ISSN:0736-4679
2352-5029
0736-4679
DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.12.023