The Experiences of Clinical Engineering when Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Abstract

The scope of this article is limited to the actions and experiences of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) Clinical Engineering Branch (CEB) when planning and executing the COVID-19 response at the only US military Role 4 medical treatment facility (MTF) in Europe between 1 February and 1 May 2020. Aspects of the COVID-19 response extended throughout the Regional Health Command; therefore, the full breadth and scope of the total response is far too great to expound within this account alone. The entire medical staff, along with an innumerable number of partners, were immensely engaged in the response and performed remarkably well given the rapidly developing pandemic. It is a testament to the agility of Army Medicine and the robustness of the American and European health systems to develop such a complicated medical response in such a short amount of time.