Abstract
Objective: Nowadays, many countries all over the world are involved with COVID-19 and the number of new cases and deaths are on a rise. The role of emergency medicine and physician-led triage is important in this period. We report some near missed cases in our academic center related to this pandemic. Case Presentation: We report 5 cases that missed triage or received delayed diagnosis because of COVID-19 suspicion. Some cases are life threatening. Conclusion: Although COVID-19 is the main health concern these days, other critical conditions should be considered. Stabilizing patients before transferring them between hospitals should be the essential goal of emergency department whether the patient is Corona virus infected or not. And before any intervention, the safety of healthcare workers must be ensured.
Highlights
It is about three months from the first reported case of COVID-19 in China and after a while, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a global health concern and it became a pandemic (1)
After negative radiologic findings for COVID-19, she was transferred to an internal medicine center and she was treated as an opium overdose patient with aspiration pneumonia
To address this issue and reduce medical errors due to incomplete examination, providing enough protective equipment (PPE) is very important in all kinds of hospitals
Summary
It is about three months from the first reported case of COVID-19 in China and after a while, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a global health concern and it became a pandemic (1). Many countries all over the world are involved and the number of new cases and deaths are increasing (2) This pandemic cannot be compared with previous ones because of the social media and promoting public knowledge. After negative radiologic findings for COVID-19, she was transferred to an internal medicine center and she was treated as an opium overdose patient with aspiration pneumonia To address this issue and reduce medical errors due to incomplete examination, providing enough PPE is very important in all kinds of hospitals (corona or non-corona centers). Patients’ transfer or referral between hospitals from the triage or ED should be confirmed by an emergency medicine physician This is highly essential as critical and life threatening situations might be missed without a brief examination
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