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. 2021 Mar 15;4(1 Suppl):e112.
doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000112. eCollection 2021 Mar.

International trauma care: initial European approaches during the COVID 19 pandemic

Tim J S Chesser  1 , Robert Handley  2 , Johannes Kloos  3 , Gerrit De Wachter  3 , Guy Putzeys  4 , Jesús Gómez-Vallejo  5 , Coral Sánchez-Pérez  6 , Francisco Chana-Rodríguez  6 , Filippo Raggini  7 , Carlotta Pari  8 , Stefania Paderni  8 , Achille Contini  9 , Alberto Belluati Md  10 , Ioannis Daskalakis  11 , Ioannis Sperelakis  12 , Athanasios Kostakos  13 , Theodoros H Tosounidis  14 , Sascha Halvachizadeh Md  15 , Hans-Christoph Pape Md  16 , Bertil Bouillon  17 , Berend-Jan de Bruin  18 , Keesjan J Ponsen  19
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International trauma care: initial European approaches during the COVID 19 pandemic

Tim J S Chesser et al. OTA Int. .

Abstract

The world was not prepared for the global of pandemic in early 2020 with the arrival of COVID 19. Europe has some of the most developed health care systems in the world and this article explains the initial response to the pandemic from an orthopaedic and trauma viewpoint from 8 nations. Italy reported the first cluster in February, which then rapidly spread around the continent, requiring a rapid reorganization of services. The reports highlight how elective surgery was universally stopped, surgical services were reconfigured, and new practices, such as the widespread use of telemedicine, may well become permanent. It also emphasizes how the pandemic has re-educated us on the importance of a consistent and central approach to deal with a global health crisis, and how medical services need to remain flexible and responsive to new ways of working.

Keywords: COVID19; coronavirus; trauma.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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