Background
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic wave. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh dealt with the crisis in a proactive way with the emergency department (ED) playing a pivotal role.
Patients and methods
We searched the international literature to review the processes adopted by healthcare institutions and also used our experience of managing a previous epidemic to devise safe processes for our ED patients.
Results
The interventions done by ED, led to safer patient care, avoidance of unnecessary admissions, reduced risk of cross infection and enhanced staff safety.
Conclusions
Integrated ED processes helped streamline Covid-19 patients.
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