Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

Sadia H Sarzynski; Alex Mancera; Clay Mann; Mengtao Dai; Junfeng Sun; Sarah Warner; Sameer S Kadri

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.0812

Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

JAMA. 2022 Mar 1;327(9):874-877. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0812.

Authors

Sadia H Sarzynski¹, Alex Mancera¹, Clay Mann², Mengtao Dai², Junfeng Sun¹, Sarah Warner¹, Sameer S Kadri¹

Affiliations

¹ Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
² University of Utah School of Medicine, National Emergency Medical Services Information System Technical Assistance Center, Salt Lake City.

Abstract

This study compares the frequency of hospital-to-hospital transportation events and associated life-threatening deterioration during transport among patients with acute lower respiratory tract illness during vs before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Air Ambulances / statistics & numerical data
COVID-19*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / statistics & numerical data
Child
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Heart Failure / epidemiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Acuity
Patient Transfer / trends*
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Transportation of Patients / trends*
United States / epidemiology