Emergency departments and the COVID-19 pandemic: making the most of limited resources

Rob Mitchell^{1

2

3}, Colin Banks^{3

4}; authoring working party

Affiliations

¹ Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ro.mitchell@alfred.org.au.
² School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Global Emergency Care Committee, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Rob Mitchell et al. Emerg Med J. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;37(5):258-259.

doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209660. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Rob Mitchell^{1

2

3}, Colin Banks^{3

4}; authoring working party

¹ Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ro.mitchell@alfred.org.au.
² School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Global Emergency Care Committee, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: disaster planning and response; infectious diseases.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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