The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released a new report about the lessons from New York City hospitals’ emergency department experiences during the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients in April through June 2020. This surge was associated with extraordinary use of emergency department resources needed for severely ill patients. Many hospitals were overwhelmed and found it challenging to maintain conventional standards of care.
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publications/CSC-lessons-from-NYC-hospitals-covid-19-experience-the-emergency-medicine-perspective