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In front line battle with his invisible enemy is his staff National emergency center. This also belongs to the “current heroes” who selflessly do their duty along with the whole health personnel from the country.
He Athens News Agency, found in EKAB Business Center and spoke to its president and employees and then recorded its operational readiness step by step.
50% reduction in transmissions
There is moderate optimism, cases are declining, is the common finding of the EKAB people. He Curve “leveling” of crown cases in our country, it can be seen from the data tof the National Emergency Center (EKAB) Transmissions of suspected or confirmed cases have decreased by 50% in the past week.
“Last week we transferred 90 suspected cases daily, of which 20-25 were found, this week this number was halved, around 40 suspected cases are transferred per day and of these, around 10 are coronary events.». Giannis Vassileiou, head of his center, reports the above to APE-MPE EKAB, referring to the “recession phase in terms of the numbers the service has”. As he says, the timely action of the government, the citizens’ compliance with the instructions of the competent authorities and the good preparation of the health services played an important role in this.
Dealing with it pandemic covid 19 of the service so far is performed in the best possible way, says Mr. Vassiliou, adding that the EKAB began preparing before a case appeared in Europe
“It just came to our attention then greedy incidents 19“There was a plan to deal with the pandemic depending on the transmission phases it would have,” he concludes.
EKAB early preparation
EKAB spoke to APE-MPE about the timely preparation of EKAB its president, Nikolaos Papaefstathiou. ««We mobilized early, from the end of December to the beginning of January, to face the pandemic. We were organized in terms of our internal procedures both as EKAB and as a Healthcare Business Center (since October the former EKEPY has merged with EKAB) and with Based on this merger, we try to coordinate and organize both the pre-hospital space that is, ambulances, mobile units, airlines, as well as the hospital, health centers and hospitals in the management of cases of patients with Covid 19 “.
Papaefstathiou emphasizes that EKAB performed a large number of preparation exercises both scheduled and emergency in all hospitals in the country and especially in reporting hospitals for Covid 19, but also in hospitals that in the second year would be used in case we had a large number of cases. A “perfect system” of air transport was also organized, with air force boats and planes, so that “we can tackle the problem of the island country”, where the Covid 19 incidents should be attended in reference hospitals.
“We have reached the point where, under the guidance of the EKAB Joint Coordination Center, both ambulances and healthcare facilities can function as well as possible and patients who have contracted the virus or suspect cases. safely in health care, but the delivery chain of patients with other health problems should not be altered either. ” We are trying, in any case, to deal with any incident that occurs in any part of the country, “keeping the chain very tight, in order to avoid a further spread in medical care and precisely with the surveillance system that we have developed.” In fact, he points out that the strict use of personal protective equipment and compliance with the instructions given by the EKAB administration result in zero cases of insult to personnel.
Case studies in a negative pressure capsule.
“The airlines continue their work 24 hours a day, 365 days a week. From EKAB Air Base, which is located at Elefsina Military Airport, we are still operating as usual. The difference, of course, is that in coronavirus casesWhether confirmed or suspected, we are implementing more biosecurity measures so that the plane, which belongs to the Air Force and has other missions, is ready to carry out another mission. “, Dimitris Pyrros, EKAB Director of Medical Services, reports to APE-MPE.
He explains that this is the reason why it is used to negative pressure capsule box handling and of course its crews, rescuers and doctors EKAB They are dressed with greater biosecurity measures, that is, the white uniform, the highly protective mask and the glasses.
Crisis Management Team
He Crisis Management Team, is activated in emergencies and crises that threaten it Public health and its mission is pre-hospital and hospital management. The head of the group, Dr. Anastasia Zygoura, points out to APE-MPE that of all cases, either suspected or confirmed with respect to covid disease 19.
As explained at this stage, they manage and coordinate the transfer of EKAB patients to reference hospitals and, at the same time, record data on this transfer. “In this way, we are monitoring the crisis and its progress so that we are always ready to intervene if necessary, to raise the level of its manager.”
Finally, Mr. Papaefstathiou referred to the “excessive use” of his services at times EKAB by citizens. “It just came to our attention then EKAB outside the coronary artery, in a percentage 50 to 60%In some branches and sectors, they have been reduced, which means that we are talking about the excessive use of services. We are talking about a waste of EKAB’s resources and means. What we have been saying for so many years that rescuers located in ambulances are those who can offer valuable services in a difficult time, these rescuers are used simply to accompany our human beings who do not need it, such as CAB to some hospitals At least let’s leave this as one of the biggest lessons in this crisis. “
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