The National Emergency Medical Service Role During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone
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AbstractThis report describes the main adaptive and transformative changes adopted by the brand-new National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) to face the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sierra Leone, including ambulance re-distribution, improvements in communication flow, implementation of ad-hoc procedures and trainings, and budget re-allocation. In a time-span of four months, 1,170 COVID-19 cases have been handled by the NEMS through a parallel referral system, while efforts have been made to manage the routine emergencies of the country, causing a substantial intensification of daily activities.
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2021 ◽
Vol 18
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pp. 9546
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Vol 154
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pp. 1376
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Vol 21
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pp. 222-227
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1952 ◽
Vol 149
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pp. 1673