[COVID-19 unit hospitalization and family isolation: the value of a family information cell]. / Hospitalisation en unité Covid-19 et isolement familial : intérêt d'une cellule d'information aux familles.

This worldwide health crisis forced hospitals to adapt their activities to this new confinement environment. Innovation was required to maintain a social bound between cohorting service's patients and their families, to guarantee a dedicated listening time and prevent as much as possible from the isolation due to this COVID-19 unusual situation. With that aim, the army training hospital Legouest created an information and support listening cell dedicated to COVID-19 hospitalized patients' families. It also provided several tablets for creating a patient and family digital gate.

[The role of thoracic CT scan, a triage tool for suspected COVID-19 cases]. / Place du scanner thoracique, outil de triage des cas suspects de Covid-19.

The SARS-Cov-2 pandemic took health care players across the world by surprise, including caregivers, managers and logisticians. In the absence of a vaccine or a specific therapy, detecting the disease at an early stage and isolating confirmed cases from the rest of the healthy population was soon considered to be essential. The RT-PCR technique was the gold standard method for testing for infection with the virus. It has high specificity but moderate sensitivity. It was difficult to access it during the first weeks of the pandemic. On the basis of the observations of the Chinese and Italian scientific community in particular, the recommendation was to combine use of the RT-PCR with a low-dose thoracic CT scan. In the absence of easy access to the RT-PCR, the use of the lung CT scan for a rapid triage of patients within emergency departments proved effective.

[Non-intensive care of COVID-19 patients: treatment plan and therapeutic orientations.] / Covid-19 non réanimatoire : projet de soins et orientations thérapeutiques.

Despite the recent emergence of COVID-19 and the absence of a specific cure, the hospital treatment of patients affected by this virus is well established. It is based on symptomatic treatments including oxygen therapy, physiotherapy and anticoagulation therapy. The treatment plan and potential therapeutic limitations must be well defined and adapted to the severity, predisposition and wishes of the patient.

[SARS-CoV-2: the experience of the Legouest armed forces teaching hospital]. / Sars-CoV-2 : le vécu de l'hôpital d'instruction des armées Legouest.

The Legouest military training hospital is one of the eight hospitals of the armed forces health service. Situated in the Grand-Est region, one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 epidemic in spring, it had to reorganise itself within a few days with its regional and national partners. While continuing to support forces sent abroad, to overseas territories or located in the East of France, the armed forces hospital had three major missions: the support of other military hospital facilities, the continued care of non-COVID patients and the care of patients affected by COVID-19 requiring non-intensive hospital care.