自2019年開始,新冠肺炎(COVID-19)肆虐全球至今超過1年、侵犯超過2億人口,北台灣也在2021年5月發生本土疫情倏忽升溫。因應COVID-19確診病人數大量增加以及快速累積的重症病患,亞東醫院在短短2週内,改造内科加護病房以及神經加護病房,改編為58床重症專責COVID-19加護病房,總共照顧11%全台重症COVID確診病患。本篇文章即在說明,短期内大量開立重症專責加護病房的過程,及如何整備人力物力達成收治大量重症COVID-19病患,以對抗COVID-19大流行。
Since December 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected globally for more than 1 year which involved more than 200 million patients. A surge of COVID-19 emerged in northern Taiwan since mid-May 2021. In response to increasing patient numbers and rapid accumulated critically ill patients, emergent response of critical care service is indicated. Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has transformed medical ICU and neuro-ICU to a 58-bed COVID-ICU to care 11% of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Taiwan. The aim of this report to describe how to transform the ICUs and built up a healthcare team to fight against COVID-19 pandemics.