Emerging technologies and their roles during the COVID-19 pandemic and safety challenges of frontline medical staff: a rapid review

Abstract

Purpose The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly spread worldwide, with an ever-increasing number of confirmed positive cases and mortality rate. Moreover, frontline medical staff fighting with the COVID-19 infection have been infected and show psychological effects of the pandemic. This study presents an overview of the emerging literature on the safety challenges of frontline medical staff and how technology is being used to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This study conducts a rapid review of available studies by following the “preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses” (PRISMA) guidelines. Sixty-three articles were selected for this rapid review paper from three popular digital data repositories. Results The majority of the studies chosen focused on the discussion of COVID-19 with regard to China, Singapore, Italy, and the USA. A previously proposed framework is used to synthesize the findings of this study. The results throw light on the several challenges faced by medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eleven major technologies have been identified in this paper. Conclusion This work concludes that technology helps in the prevention and detection of the COVID-19 infection, where it specifically helps in reducing the safety challenges of frontline medical staff and monitoring the COVID-19 patients.

A Systematic Review and IoMT Based Big Data Framework for COVID-19 Prevention and Detection

“…Alharbi et al [41] examine current attempts to address the COVID-19 problem using technology improvements, including IoMT. M. Hasnain et al [42] offer an overview of recent research on frontline medical worker safety concerns and how technology is being used to combat the COVID-19 epidemic. Many different types of wearable health equipment to monitor oxygen saturation, temperature, heart rate, and respiration rate, as well as respiratory support systems, such as oxygen treatment and ventilators, are widely used to support coronavirus patients were discussed by Md.…”