The emergency department staff is the frontline healthcare people who need to make sure that the people coming to the emergency departments are well taken care off. Yet the first responsibility of these care providers should be the keep them safe.
Doctors and nurses working in the emergency department along with other non-medical care staff are exposed to infinite risk of infection. So they all need to make sure that they are properly protected.
Depending upon the part of emergency you are working, you may have to take a different approach for the safety. So the ED now a days may be divided into a few areas.
- Hypertriage.
- Hot zone/area of the ED.
- Cold zone/area of the ED.