![]() ![]() ![]() Further research on the impact of lockdowns on long-term disease outcomes is needed. There are also impacts on public health epidemiology, with potential adverse consequences on mental health and chronic disease management. Rule-breakers force Vic to tighten restrictions Melbourne residents attempting to break lockdown and sneak into regional Victoria under the guise of getting vaccinated have forced the government to tighten restrictions even further. This pattern should be considered in surge capacity and workforce redeployment planning. CONCLUSION: Lockdowns lead to a significant reduction in ICU, MET call and ED demand, and to a lesser extent ET demand. There was a reduction across all ED triage categories, which included triage 1 and 2 patients, indicating a reduction even in life-threatening and emergency presentations. There was an unexpected increase in ICU admissions for metabolic diagnoses, comprising drug overdoses and diabetic ketoacidosis, and a reduction in respiratory ICU admissions. RESULTS: There was a reduction in presentations to ED (27.2%), MET calls (27.4%), ICU patient episodes (14.5%) and ET bookings (5.8%). METHODS: This is a single-centred, retrospective observational study on critical service demand, comparing activity levels during the lockdown (31 March to 27 October 2020) with the matched time period from 1 year prior. ![]() The present study aims to quantify the impact of lockdown on critical care services, namely ED, intensive care unit (ICU), medical emergency team (MET) and emergency theatre (ET) demand, during the lockdown in Victoria, Australia. While a reduction in demand has been postulated, there remains a paucity of quantitative data on the extent and nature of this reduction. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: There is a growing recognition of the impact of lockdowns on non-COVID-19 demand for critical care services. Miki Perkins, 'Anti-Lockdown Protests a Coalition of the Alienated and the. ![]()
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