Reopening
The relief of the lockdown was carried out in accordance with the
epidemiological diversity of the different regions. Four phases were
defined (Phases 0 to 3), undertaken differentially depending on the
epidemiological data and the availability of resources in the autonomous
communities. The objective criteria for the CC. AA. to start
de-escalation were to have access to or capacity to install, within a
maximum period of five days, between 1.5 and 2 intensive care beds, and
between 37 and 40 beds for acute patients per 10,000 inhabitants (19).
The major challenge of cardiac surgery units at this time is to resume
elective activity, based on safety criteria and rational use of
resources that allow handling eventual successive outbreaks.