Background: The covid19 disease was declared a pandemic in March 2020. The fast spread of this pandemic put the healthcare facilities under stress and put a great burden on healthcare workers. Aim: This study aimed to protect the mental health of HCWs and to promote the social support of healthcare workers in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman (SKMCA), UAE during the COVID19 pandemic. Subjects and Methods: this was a web-based cross-sectional analytic study where a form including four sections to assess socio- demographic characteristics, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression respectively. The form was randomly distributed via email to the selected healthcare worker. Data was collected in the period from 1st of January to end of March 2021. Results: The mean age of healthcare workers was 37.2 ± 8.7 years, 70% were females, about 74% were married and 59.2% were nurses. The mean score of stress, depression and anxiety scale was 17.2 ± 4.8, 6 ± 3.4 and 4.8 ± 2.3 respectively. The majority of the participants (72.5) had moderate stress. Half of the participants (50.2%) had mild depression. About 55% of healthcare workers had mild anxiety. Being a female was significant risk factor for stress (OR=1.994, 95% CI (1.130-3.519) (p= 0.017), while being a nurse and allied health decrease the probability of stress (OR=0.295, 95% CI (0.125-0.699) (p=0.006); OR=0.145, 95 % CI (0.053- 0.398) (p<0.001) respectively. Being married was significantly associated with anxiety (Or=2.294, 95% CI (1.323- 3.977) (p=0.003). Being a physician increase the probability of depression (OR=6.798, 95%CI (2.140-21.592) (p=0.001).

results Mean age of the studied population was 49.22 ± 12.65, most of the studied population were males, Male to female ratio was 2:1, mode of transport was mainly by Walking 94 (47%), private vehicle 50 (25%) and by ambulance 31(15.5%). Majority of patients were given triage 3 (moderate pain severity) 156 (78%), mean heart rate was 87.56 ± 17.97. In the 200 study population 103 were diagnosed as nonspecific chest pain 103 (51.5%), 27 (13.5%) were musculoskeletal chest pain. We found that 26 patients (13%) suffered from acute myocardial infarction (18 STEMI and 8 NSTEMI). Regarding the 18 patients with STEMI 15 (83.3%) were males and 3 (16.7%) were females, 12 sent for PCI and 6 for thrombolysis. Admitted patients were 40 (65%) with different diagnoses. Identifying patients with chest pain who have acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presents a challenge to ED physicians.

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