The COVID 19 Tracheo Unit Interdisciplinary problem solving in the Emergency:

Forni, Ruben and Moroso, Michela and Raveane, Michelle and Schipani, Alessia and Voinea, Camelia and Ogna, Adam (2021) The COVID 19 Tracheo Unit Interdisciplinary problem solving in the Emergency:. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

During the Covid 19 pandemic, the critical issue for health systems was the exhaustion of beds in ICUs Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale ( concentrated all its intensive care resources dedicated to COVID at the Ospedale Di Locarno ( fully converted to a COVID hospital To optimize the patient flow, one of the strategies was creating a Tracheo Unit” to serve as relief for Intensive Care Unit ( where was possible to transfer early tracheotomized patients to free ICU beds A regular department was re adapted in a full fledged ICU ward Since specialized ICU nurses were missing, we teamed a new interprofessional group up the intake was strongly marked by the collaboration that characterized the entire therapeutic path of patients, and it allowed the growth of professionals who trained by working on the field

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