SARS and its impact on current and future Emergency Department operations.
A long-standing concern for international spread of new, virulent pathogens became a reality with the advent of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This respiratory syndrome, caused by a coronavirus, spread rapidly across 30 nations since its first recognition in late 2002. SARS has presented the greatest recent threat to U.S. public health, and has come at a time when purposeful introduction of pathogens by terrorists is also of heightened concern. SARS has forced the international medical establishment to reexamine how best to manage such incidents.
Marley
Chad T
CT
Madigan Army Medical Center-University of Washington Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA.
Levsky
Marc E
ME
Talbot
Timothy S
TS
Kang
Christopher S
CS
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011790:Quarantine; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control