Fig. 1.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Services and Cardiac Arrest from January 2019 to April 2020. Shaded region corresponds to the pandemic period in Taiwan. (Panel A) A decreasing trend of ED visits is noted overall, as well as for visits with triage levels 2–5. The number of ED visits with triage level 1 remains unchanged. A separate unit for suspected COVID patients was established in February 2020. (Panel B) The number of OHCA patients remains stable; however, the incidence of IHCA in the ED increases significantly during the pandemic period.

COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; ED = emergency department; OHCA = out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; IHCA = in-hospital cardiac arrest.