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cord-292826-lus0tqmi	Joseph, Tony	Trauma care in a low-COVID pandemic environment: A new normal	2020-06-12		.txt	text/plain	1267	60	46	Injury 51 (2020) [1245] [1246] Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Injury journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/injury Editorial Trauma care in a low-COVID pandemic environment: A new normal A pandemic is defined as an outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly over a wide geographical area and infects a high proportion of a population. As we have seen with the current COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have managed to control spread early (eg Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia) by immediate action involving physical distancing, widespread testing, contact tracing, isolation of positive cases and supportive treatment. Current recommendations [5] for the management of injured patients in a COVID-19 environment include bypassing the Emergency Department for uncomplicated injuries, minimising invasive procedures, in particular those that are AGPs, and providing surgical treatment that is only absolutely essential. Editorial / Injury 51 (2020) [1245] [1246] The COVID 19 pandemic presents challenges for trauma clinicians with the ongoing risk of virus transmission for both patients and clinical staff which will need to be managed over the coming months or longer.	./cache/cord-292826-lus0tqmi.txt	./txt/cord-292826-lus0tqmi.txt