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. 2020 Apr 13;21(3):490–496. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2020.4.47553

Table 2.

Non-clinical volunteer positions.

Possessing vital skills
Communication Facility maintenance/construction Transportation
Food services Local access/political connections Translation
Security Waste disposal Engineering
Computer operations/maintenance

Other volunteers

Runner Transporter Assistants to skilled personnel
Patients’ families, who routinely provide nontechnical bedside nursing care in many countries and cultures, especially on pediatric units; this care should be encouraged and expanded with non-COVID-19 patients when nursing care is limited.