Collaborative Multidisciplinary Incident Command at Seattle Children’s Hospital for Rapid Preparatory Pediatric Surgery Countermeasures to the COVID-19 Pandemic

• 2020

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• Sanjay Parikh; Jeffrey Avansino; Andre Dick; Brianna Enriquez; Jeremy M. Geiduschek; Lynn Martin
PMID: 32289376DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jamcollsurg.2020.04.012

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This commentary reports on Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington State, which was the first state with a COVID-19 case. They set up an incident command structure to manage safety, policies, and procedures for patients and staff. Key actions included conserving personal protective equipment (PPE), ensuring workforce safety, triaging surgeries based on urgency, and adapting education for medical trainees. The hospital used strategies like virtual meetings and pre-procedure COVID-19 testing to protect everyone involved. Their approach is evolving with the situation, not claiming to have the best practices.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Education, Medical, Graduate; Hospitals, Pediatric; Pediatrics; Surgery Department, Hospital; Triage; Washington; Personal Protective Equipment; COVID-19

Institutions: Seattle Children's Hospital; University of Washington

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