How a rural hospital prepared for COVID-19

Paul Norman and Dr. Christopher Patey talk about their approach to redesigning the emergency department of the rural hospital in Carbonear, Newfoundland, to face the COVID-19 pandemic. They hope it can serve as a potential model for others to follow. Dr. Christopher Patey is a family physician and Paul Normal is a nurse. They both work in the emergency department of Carbonear General Hospital in Newfoundland. The practice article they co-authored with Dr. Shabnam Asghari and Oliver Hurley is published in CMAJ: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.200509 Appendix: //www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2020/04/21/cmaj.200509.1/tab-related-content The guest host for this episode was Dr. Sarah Newbery, rural generalist family physician in Marathon, Ontario and member of the CMAJ editorial advisory board. Podcast transcript: //www.cmaj.ca/transcript-200509 CMAJ COVID-19 resource page: www.cmaj.ca/covid-19 ----------------------------------- This podcast episode is brought to you by Dr. Bill. This episode is brought to you by Dr. Bill. Dr. Bill makes medical billing easy, fast, and pain free. Spend your time on patient care, let us handle billing for you. Dr. Bill is now available for free. Visit www.dr-bill.ca and get started today. ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.