id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318681-enq0j6dr Kim, Je Hyeong Experience of augmenting critical care capacity in Daegu during COVID-19 incident in South Korea 2020-05-31 .txt text/plain 2704 111 43 To establish a system for transferring and treat critically ill patients to other regions, KSCCM started to identify available ICU beds for COVID-19 critically ill patients and contact and discuss with the relevant government authorities [3] . After arriving at Daegu Dongsan Hospital, the medical team held a meeting with hospital officials to find out the current status of intensive care such as the number of critically ill patients and medical staffs, the size of ICUs, beds, facilities, and equipment. This medical collaboration is an unprecedented case in which local hospitals, professional medical staffs from an academic society, national medical institutions, private medical institutions, a healthcare NGO, and the Community Chest of Korea established a cooperative system to augment critical care capacity to treat critically ill patients in the face of disaster caused by a new infectious disease. ./cache/cord-318681-enq0j6dr.txt ./txt/cord-318681-enq0j6dr.txt