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    Research Letter
    Emergency Medicine
    July 24, 2020

    Medical Leave Associated With COVID-19 Among Emergency Medical System Responders and Firefighters in New York City

    David J. Prezant, MD1,2,3; Rachel Zeig-Owens, DrPH, MPH1,3,4; Theresa Schwartz, MS1,3; et al Yang Liu, MS1,3; Karen Hurwitz, MD1; Shenecia Beecher, MD1; Michael D. Weiden, MS, MD1,5
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    • 1The Bureau of Health Services and the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program, Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, New York
    • 2Office of Medical Affairs, Fire Department of the City of New York, Brooklyn, New York
    • 3Pulmonary Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • 4Division of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • 5Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Department of Medicine and Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(7):e2016094. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16094
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    In New York, New York, from March 1 to May 31, 2020, 201 102 individuals were diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), resulting in 51 085 hospitalizations and 16 834 deaths.1 The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), the largest in the US, responds to nearly 1.5 million emergency medical calls per year in a city of more than 8.4 million people. Active paid FDNY responders include 4408 emergency medical service (EMS) responders and 11 230 firefighters. These FDNY responders are required to don personal protective equipment before patient contact per US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.2 In this cohort study, we compared medical leave of FDNY responders during the pandemic with prior years.

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