Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19.
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Abstract
Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic PPE as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the emergency department for low-risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.
Medical subject headings
- Betacoronavirus
- Coronavirus Infections
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Mass Screening
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Telemedicine