Giacomo Magagnotti Profile picture
Italian EM Physician, PHEM enthusiast.
Mar 13, 2020 16 tweets 3 min read
Some hindsight from a HEMS/Retrieval and EMS coordinator physician from northern Italy that I hope will be useful: ICU management of COVID-19 gets a lot of attention but the disease will swamp EMS and EDs first.
#Covid_19 #EMS @cliffreid @DrHowieMell @karelhabig Once EMS is swamped you run the risk of fatalities secondary to system failures (no ambulances available for cardiac arrests ecc).