'COVID on Country': an innovative model safely supporting high-risk patients in Central Australia.
Rural Remote Health
; 22(4): 7541, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2100709
ABSTRACT
In January 2022, as the COVID pandemic reached remote communities in Central Australia, The Northern Territory Health Central Australian Regional Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) executed 'COVID on Country', a program designed to triage cases and to implement treatment and clinical review of individuals in their community without the need to be relocated to larger centres for safe provision of care. The program assessed patient factors and community/capacity factors to triage and enact pathways. Remote living people who qualified for the program or who declined aeromedical retrieval, were provided with comprehensive clinical support, including administration of intravenous sotrovimab by daily scheduled visits to all affected communities by a doctor transported on an RFDS plane. Evaluation of the program demonstrated that it was a safe and effective way to provide complex care in a culturally safe manner.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Rural Health Services
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
English
Journal:
Rural Remote Health
Journal subject:
Public Health
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Health Services
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
RRH7541
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