1. Surge-in-Place: Conversion of a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Into a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and Back Again.
- Author
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Alvarez Villela M, Boucher T, Terre J, Levine B, O'Shea M, Luma J, Jorde UP, Garcia M, Wiley J, Menegus M, Latib A, and Bortnick AE
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- Humans, New York City epidemiology, Patient Care Team organization & administration, Perioperative Care methods, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 therapy, Cardiac Catheterization methods, Cardiology Service, Hospital organization & administration, Cardiology Service, Hospital trends, Coronary Care Units methods, Coronary Care Units organization & administration, Critical Care methods, Critical Care organization & administration, Critical Care trends, Infection Control methods, Infection Control organization & administration, Laboratories, Hospital organization & administration, Organizational Innovation, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction therapy
- Abstract
In Spring 2020, the United States epicenter of COVID-19 was New York City, in which the borough of the Bronx was particularly affected. This Fall, there has been a resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe and the Midwestern United States. We describe our experience transforming our cardiac catheterization laboratories to accommodate an influx of COVID-19 patients so as to provide other hospitals with a potential blueprint. We transformed our pre/postprocedural patient care areas into COVID-19 intensive care and step-down units and maintained emergent invasive care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction using existing space and personnel.
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- 2021
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