Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic PPE as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the emergency department for low-risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.

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电子个人防护设备：在 COVID-19 时代保护急诊科提供者的策略。

在 2019 年新型冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行期间，与远程医疗和《紧急医疗和劳动法》相关的紧急政策变化为基于技术的临床评估创造了机会，这有助于保护个人防护设备 (PPE) 并保护急救人员. 我们将电子 PPE 定义为一种使用远程医疗工具执行电子医学筛查检查同时满足《紧急医疗和劳动法》的方法。我们讨论了实施这种途径所需的安全、法律和技术因素。这种方法有可能保护 PPE 并保护提供者，同时保持急诊科对疑似 COVID-19 的低风险患者进行医学筛查的安全标准。