Title
'COVID on Country': an innovative model safely supporting high-risk patients in Central Australia.
Author(s)
Steere, Mardi
Gardiner, Fergus W
Gray, Debra
Carpenter, David
Pryzibilla, Anthony
Abstract
In January 2022, as the COVID pandemic reached remote communities in Central Australia, The Northern Territory Health Central Australian Regional Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) executed 'COVID on Country', a program designed to triage cases and to implement treatment and clinical review of individuals in their community without the need to be relocated to larger centres for safe provision of care. The program assessed patient factors and community/capacity factors to triage and enact pathways. Remote living people who qualified for the program or who declined aeromedical retrieval, were provided with comprehensive clinical support, including administration of intravenous sotrovimab by daily scheduled visits to all affected communities by a doctor transported on an RFDS plane. Evaluation of the program demonstrated that it was a safe and effective way to provide complex care in a culturally safe manner.
Publication information
Rural Remote Health . 2022 Oct;22(4):7541. doi: 10.22605/RRH7541. Epub 2022 Oct 31.
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Date Issued
2022-10-01
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Journal Article
Journal Title
Rural and remote health
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