Accession Number:

AD1105931

Title:

Advanced Preparation Makes Research in Emergencies and Isolation Care Possible: The Case of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article - Open Access

Corporate Author:

University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha United States

Personal Author(s):

• Brett-Major,David M
• Schnaubelt,Elizabeth R
• Creager,Hannah M
• Lowe,Abigail
• Cieslak,Theodore J
• Dahlke,Jacob M
• Johnson,Daniel W
• Fey,Paul D
• Hansen,Keith F
• Hewlett,Angela L
• Gordon,Bruce G
• Kalil,Andre C
• Khan,Ali S
• Kortepeter,Mark G
• Kratochvil,Christopher J
• Larson,LuAnn
• Levy,Deborah A
• Linder,James
• Medcalf,Sharon J
• Rupp,Mark E
• Schwedhelm,Michelle M
• Sullivan,James
• Vasa,Angela M
• Wadman,Michael C
• Lookadoo,Rachel E
• Lowe,John-Martin J
• Lawler,James V
• Broadhurst,M J

Report Date:

2020-03-30

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The optimal time to initiate research on emergencies is before they occur. However, timely initiation of high quality research may launch during an emergency under the right conditions. These include an appropriate context, clarity in scientific aims, preexisting resources, strong operational and research structures that are facile, and good governance. Here, Nebraskan rapid research efforts early during the 2020 coronavirus disease pandemic, while participating in the first use of U.S. federal quarantine in 50 years, are described from these aspects, as the global experience with this severe emerging infection grew apace. The experience has lessons in purpose, structure, function, and performance of research in any emergency, when facing any threat.

Descriptors:

• covid 19
• virus diseases
• infectious diseases
• respiratory tract diseases
• health care
• public health emergencies
• public health
• therapy
• quarantine
• health services
• viruses

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE