COVID-19 Airway Management – The Role of Simulation

COVID-19 Airway Management – The Role of Simulation

Health services around the world are faced with the challenge of preparing for the impact of COVID-19 on their communities as we all prepare for a potential global pandemic. I see a great role for simulation in process... read more

Who Gets the Hospital Bed?

Today, Italy has more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus. There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care. Doctors and nurses are unable to tend to everybody. They lack machines to ventilate... read more

WHO Declares the Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging what has seemed clear for some time — the virus will likely spread to all countries on the globe. Director-General... read more

Simple Math Offers Alarming Answers About COVID-19 in US

Simple Math Offers Alarming Answers About COVID-19 in US

Much of the current discourse on the COVID-19 outbreak focuses on comparisons of the total caseload and total deaths with those caused by seasonal influenza. But these comparisons can be deceiving, especially in the early... read more

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

This updated reprint features updated medication information, a newly revised family planning chapter, new treatments for a variety of infections, and more. All Hesperian books are regularly updated and reprinted to reflect... read more

What If a COVID-19 Patient Needs a Surgery?

What If a COVID-19 Patient Needs a Surgery?

In the week of February 13–19, the World Health Organization reported that Singapore had more cases of COVID-19 than any other country outside of mainland China. We wish to share the protocol that we use in our hospital... read more

Coronavirus Readiness and Community Resilience

Coronavirus Readiness and Community Resilience

It is now clear to public health experts that the novel coronavirus epidemic in Washington State and other parts of the country is accelerating. The time has come for us to work together as a community to minimize the impact... read more

Severe Influenza in Critically Ill Patients

Severe Influenza in Critically Ill Patients

The present review summarizes current knowledge on pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of severe influenza. Immunological dysfunction during viral infection correlates with severity and mortality among ICU patients.... read more

One Doctor’s Life on the Coronavirus Front Lines

One Doctor’s Life on the Coronavirus Front Lines

Driving one evening in Wuhan, China, last month, Zhang Xiaochun pulled her car to the side of the road. She was on the verge of a breakdown. She'd been working nonstop for days at the center of China's coronavirus outbreak,... read more

COVID-19 Situation in Japan

COVID-19 Situation in Japan

Dr Adrian Wong speaks to Prof Satoru Hashimoto on the #COVID19 situation in Japan in this ESICM podcast. Dr Adrian Wong is a consultant in critical care in King’s College Hospital, London. He is the chair of the Editorial... read more

Review of the Current Evidence on COVID-19 in Intensive Care

Review of the Current Evidence on COVID-19 in Intensive Care

Join Dr. David Lyness as he discusses the current evidence on COVID-19 in Intensive Care. A coronavirus is one of many viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract... read more

How to Save Lives in a COVID-19 Pandemic

How to Save Lives in a COVID-19 Pandemic

The pace of COVID-19, the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, has been astonishing, and it is inevitable that this will become a pandemic, if it hasn't already. When a disease is a pandemic, it considered to be an ongoing... read more

Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China

Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China

During the first 2 months of the current outbreak, Covid-19 spread rapidly throughout China and caused varying degrees of illness. Patients often presented without fever, and many did not have abnormal radiologic findings. The... read more

The Wuhan Coronavirus Survival Manual: How to Prepare for Pandemics and Quarantines

The Wuhan Coronavirus Survival Manual: How to Prepare for Pandemics and Quarantines

Panic over the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China is becoming more widespread and people are frantically getting prepared for the possibility of a deadly pandemic that could span the globe. Things like N95 masks... read more