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Title: | Development of a Medium Care Unit Using an Inexperienced Respiratory Staff: Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Authors: | Van Hove, Olivier Gillet, Alexis Tack, Jerome Reychler, Gregory Guatteri, Magda Ballarin, Asuncion Thomas, Justine Espinoza, Rolando Bonnier, Frederic Norrenberg, Michelle Daniel, Pauline Toussaint, Michel Leduc, Dimitri BONNECHERE, Bruno Taton, Olivier |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (12) (Art N° 7349) | Abstract: | The different waves of the COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic issues regarding the organization of care. In this context innovative solutions have to be developed in a timely manner to adapt to the organization of the care. The establishment of middle care (MC) units is a bright example of such an adaptation. A multidisciplinary MC team, including expert and non-expert respiratory health care personnel, was developed and trained to work in a COVID-19 MC unit. Important educational resources were set up to ensure rapid and effective training of the MC team, limiting the admission or delaying transfers to ICU and ensuring optimal management of palliative care. We conducted a retrospective analysis of patient data in the MC unit during the second COVID-19 wave in Belgium. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of quickly developing an effective respiratory MC unit mixing respiratory expert and non-expert members from outside ICUs. The establishment of an MC unit during a pandemic is feasible and needed. MC units possibly relieve the pressure exerted on ICUs. A highly trained multidisciplinary team is key to ensuring the success of an MC unit during such kind of a pandemic. | Notes: | Van Hove, O (corresponding author), Univ Libre Bruxelles, Erasme Univ Hosp, Dept Physiotherapy & Pneumol, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. olivier.van.hove@erasme.ulb.ac.be; alexis.gillet@erasme.ulb.ac.be; jerome.tack@erasme.ulb.ac.be; gregory.reychler@saintluc.uclouvain.be; magda.guatteri@erasme.ulb.ac.be; asuncion.ballarin@erasme.ulb.ac.be; justine.thomas@erasme.ulb.ac.be; rolando.espinoza.laimito@erasme.ulb.ac.be; frederic.bonnier@erasme.ulb.ac.be; michelle.norrenberg@erasme.ulb.ac.be; kine.pdaniel@outlook.com; michel.toussaint@erasme.ulb.ac.be; dimitri.leduc@erasme.ulb.ac.be; bruno.bonnechere@uhasselt.be; olivier.taton@erasme.ulb.ac.be |
Keywords: | intermediate care unit;middle care;education;CPAP;noninvasive ventilation;rehabilitation | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/37677 | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | e-ISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19127349 | ISI #: | WOS:000817549100001 | Rights: | 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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