Publication date: Jul 06, 2025
Despite COVID-19 having been the subject of extensive scientific research, there is a paucity of studies on the respiratory management needs of patients in the pre-hospital setting. This retrospective cohort study utilizes data from Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to investigate how prehospital respiratory management needs changed throughout the first six waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. All EMS responses due to respiratory complaints, from March 21, 2020, to July 31, 2022, were included. Odds ratios (ORs) for each wave were calculated for each intervention with the previous wave as reference. Wave 1 (W1) was compared to a pre-pandemic period. The study included 141,027 responses. Throughout the pandemic, no endotracheal intubations were performed. The use of mask-based 90% FiO decreased from the pre-COVID-19 period to W1 (OR 0. 61, p
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Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | Emergency |
| disease | IDO | intervention |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |