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. 2020 Aug;34(8):411-417.
doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001792.

COVID-19 Response in the Global Epicenter: Converting a New York City Level 1 Orthopedic Trauma Service into a Hybrid Orthopedic and Medicine COVID-19 Management Team

Sanjit R Konda  1   2 , John F Dankert  1 , David Merkow  1 , Charles C Lin  1 , Daniel J Kaplan  1 , Jonathan D Haskel  1 , Omar Behery  1 , Alexander Crespo  1 , Abhishek Ganta  1   2
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COVID-19 Response in the Global Epicenter: Converting a New York City Level 1 Orthopedic Trauma Service into a Hybrid Orthopedic and Medicine COVID-19 Management Team

Sanjit R Konda et al. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Aug.
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Operational hierarchy for the Ortho-COVID-19 management team.
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Example of a patient's whiteboard with pertinent oxygen saturation and delivery mechanism recorded by Sower member.
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FIGURE 3.
Agriculture model for caring for COVID-19 patients on the Ortho-COVID-19 team. A, Sower member. B, Reaper team. C, Farmer with COW. D, The Sower member [background], reaper member [foreground], and farm member [midground] during rounds.
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