Database of Health Workforce Innovations
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COVID-19 respite centre for emergency responders
Emergency responders and health care workers may not be able to go home and may have to self-isolate but
there is no place for them to do that.
there is no place for them to do that.
A Cobourg trailer park is now being used as a respite centre for first responders and health care workers.
Trailers will be set up at the Victoria Park Campground near the beach in Cobourg, Ont. It’s going to create a
spot for emergency responders — police, fire and paramedics — as well as some of the doctors, nurses and
health care staff. All of the trailers will be outfitted with the essentials for the emergency responders. The goal
is to create a safe environment for someone that can’t go home due to the COVID-19 pandemic or has to
isolate.
Trailers will be set up at the Victoria Park Campground near the beach in Cobourg, Ont. It’s going to create a
spot for emergency responders — police, fire and paramedics — as well as some of the doctors, nurses and
health care staff. All of the trailers will be outfitted with the essentials for the emergency responders. The goal
is to create a safe environment for someone that can’t go home due to the COVID-19 pandemic or has to
isolate.
- Home support for front-line workers
- Other
- Non-traditional Health Workers
- Nurse Practitioners*
- Nurse Specialists*
- Nurses - Licensed Practical
- Nurses - Registered
- Paramedics
- Physicians - Emergency
- Physicians - Intensive Care
- Physicians - Primary/Family
- Physicians - Specialists
- Public Health Workers
- Other Health Care Workers
Innovation developed and deployed in a Coburg, a town in Southern Ontario.
- Other
- Urban/Suburban
- Rural
Research Intervention - outcome data available
Shannon Murphy
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Town of Cobourg
905-372-9789
Canada - Ontario
Canada