Triage, Surge Capacity, and Epidemic Emergency Unit: An experience from the 2019 dengue outbreak at a Tertiary Care Centre

Authors

  • Ashis Shrestha Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Nepal
  • Sumana Bajracharya Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Nepal
  • Darlene Rose House Department of Paediatric Emergency, Indiana University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.4771

Keywords:

dengue; epidemics; surge capacity; triage.

Abstract

In September 2019, a dengue outbreak was observed in many non-endemic areas of Nepal. The
emergency department of Patan Academy of Health Sciences also received febrile patients exceeding
usual daily numbers. This surge of the patient was managed by epidemic triage and activation of
surge capacity. A part of the surge plan was to activate an epidemic emergency unit. An observation
ward adjacent to the emergency was used for the epidemic emergency unit. The febrile patients who
were triaged yellow and green were treated in this unit. The patients who were triaged as Red were
treated in the emergency department.

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Published

2020-04-30

How to Cite

Shrestha, A., Bajracharya, S., & Rose House, D. (2020). Triage, Surge Capacity, and Epidemic Emergency Unit: An experience from the 2019 dengue outbreak at a Tertiary Care Centre. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 58(224). https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.4771

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 224 (2020): JNMA: Published Monthly

Section

Viewpoint

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