Table 2:
Interview questions
Questions | Probes |
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How has COVID-19 affected healthcare workers (burn surgeons, rehabilitation physicians, etc.) in your hospital/facility? | • Has your hospital/facility started accepting COVID-19patients? • Are burn surgeons treating COVID-19 patients? In addition to their typical patients? • Is your hospital treating any non-COVID-19 patients? • Do healthcare workers in your hospital/facility have access to adequate Personal Protective Equipment? • What measures is your hospital/facility taking to protect healthcare workers? |
To what extent, if any, has COVID-19 affected the structure of the burn-specific units in your hospital or clinic? |
• Are there fewer beds reserved specifically for burn patients? • What specific concerns do you or your colleagues have regarding burn care in the hospital? • In rehabilitation centers? • At home after patients are discharged? |
Have you seen any change in the number of burn patients in your hospital/facility since the COVID-19 outbreak in your area? |
• If you have seen a change in the number of burn patients, why do you think that is? |
Overall, how well do you feel your hospital/facility is caring for patients hospitalized or in rehabilitation for conditions unrelated to COVID-19? |
• ForCOVID-19? |
How are burn patients who are quarantined in their homes because of COVID-19 able to access care and treatment? |
• How are patients who require critical burn carereceiving treatment? |
Is there anything else that you would like to share with us regardingCOVID-19? |