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Emergency Department Crowding and Access Block Taskforce
Resources and Training
Global Response to COVID-19 for Emergency Healthcare Systems and Providers
This critical guidance was developed by the Emergency Department Crowding and Access Block Taskforce was launched in a global town hall meeting webinar in March 2020. This document is available in four languages - English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Emergency Department Crowding and Access Block in the COVID Era and Beyond
This report was designed to leverage that vast international experience and serve as a comprehensive global resource for EDs facing the challenge of crowding and access block. The report launch in June 2020 included two webinars incorporating both HIC and LMIC. Report, webinar recordings and slide deck available below.
Resources
Emergency Department Crowding and Access Block in the COVID Era and Beyond: Webinar launch of the IFEM Taskforce Report
English
Resposta global ao COVID-19 para sistemas de saúde e provedores de assistência médica de emergência: Uma força tarefa da Federação Internacional de Medicina de Emergência
Portuguese
Respuesta global a COVID‐19 para proveedores y sistemas de atención médica de emergencia: del Grupo de trabajo de IFEM sobre hacinamiento y bloqueo de acceso a la DE
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