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cord-272585-346ef6qy	Lombardi, JM	Addressing a National Crisis: The Spine Hospital and Department's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City	2020-05-31		.txt	text/plain	5078	262	51	title: Addressing a National Crisis: The Spine Hospital and Department's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City As peak infections spread across the United States, we hope this article will serve as a resource for other spine departments on how to manage patient care and healthcare worker deployment during the COVID-19 crisis. Our institution has been on the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, as we treated "patient zero" in New York City, who presented to our Emergency Department (ED) on February 28 th . Published data by healthcare providers in Asia and Europe demonstrated that the most substantial threat to COVID-19 patient morbidity and mortality was the lack of adequate critical care resources including intensive care unit (ICU) beds and respiratory support [8] [9] . It is vital to note that although redeployment was an important initiative to our department during this time of crisis, our primary concern was to maintain an adequate workforce to meet all orthopaedic surgical demands at our institution.	./cache/cord-272585-346ef6qy.txt	./txt/cord-272585-346ef6qy.txt