Management Strategies for Dealing With Surges of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

A.V Raveendran,Jothydev Kesavadev,Gopika Krishnan,Parameswaran Hari

doi:10.7759/cureus.15794

Abstract

The spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) across the world has resulted in widespread morbidity and mortality. An explosive increase in the number of cases during the surge phase of the pandemic can result in a management crisis. Therefore, we propose a simple model to manage the surges of the pandemic.

Highlights

SARS-CoV-2 infection, which started in Wuhan, China has spread all over the world causing widespread morbidity and mortality
We propose a simple model to manage a pandemic surge, as even a well-established health system may fail to accommodate a large number of cases (Figure 1 and Table 1)
Managing asymptomatic and uncomplicated cases at home is the key step in the success of the management strategy

Summary

Introduction

SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection, which started in Wuhan, China has spread all over the world causing widespread morbidity and mortality. An explosive increase in the number of cases occurs during the surges of the pandemic when even developed countries fail to accommodate and manage it properly. In addition to the shortage of hospital beds, ICU beds, ventilators, oxygen, and essential drugs, even the number of health care providers becomes insufficient to provide care in most situations of explosive spread. As of 17 May 2021, the total number of cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in India is around 25,227,970 and around 3,50,000 new cases are being added to this daily during the peak of the ongoing second wave [1]. We propose a simple model to manage a pandemic surge, as even a well-established health system may fail to accommodate a large number of cases (Figure 1 and Table 1). H2 blocker: Histamine-2 receptor blocker; PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019

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