@article{ref1,
title="A district general hospital trauma service response to CoViD-19: lessons learnt",
journal="Curēus",
year="2020",
author="Prokopenko, Max and Khatkar, Harman",
volume="12",
number="12",
pages="e12087-e12087",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This article seeks to evaluate and outline the changes made to the trauma and orthopaedic department in a district general hospital in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. We detail the approach in relation to surgical management, workforce optimisation and our general reflections as a department. <br><br>METHODS: We interviewed, collated and have subsequently described the adaptations implemented by our department. We have collected their shared strategy and reflections on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected our department. <br><br>RESULTS: Alterations were implemented to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A strategy focused on ensuring the workforce remained healthy, and patient care pathways were altered as minimally as possible. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS:  As a unit, a sense of heightened vigilance needs to remain for the foreseeable future. Decisive action by departmental leadership, alongside a cohesive and open, has allowed for our trauma service to continue largely unchanged. This analysis serves as an important aide-memoire for future periods of extreme uncertainty.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.12087",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12087"
}