Tag: pandemics
COVID-19: We’re Making Decisions Without Reliable Data
The current coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and... read more
COVID-19: A Message From Concerned Physicians
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached a point where containment is no longer possible. The COVID-19 threat is real, and rapidly getting worse. Many of you are very nervous, some are unsure of the validity of the information you... read more
Care for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
Initial reports suggest that COVID-19 is associated with severe disease that requires intensive care in approximately 5% of proven infections. Given how common the disease is becoming, as in prior major severe acute respiratory... read more
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children... read more
Safe Airway Society Principles of Airway Management and Tracheal Intubation Specific to the COVID-19
Transmission of COVID-19 is primarily through droplet spread. These droplets are affected by gravity and may cause direct transmission from close contact or contribute to surface contamination (where the virus may remain... read more
The Disaster Preparedness Handbook: A Guide for Families
Let survival expert, Army veteran, NASA scientist help you and your family prepare for any kind of disaster—flood, civil unrest, hurricane, fire, war, earthquake. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the world spins like... read more
Critical Care and the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy: Early Experience and Forecast
There was an immediate sharp increase in ICU admissions from day 1 to day 14. The increase was steady and consistent. Publicly available data indicate that ICU admissions (n = 556) represented 16% of all patients (n = 3420)... read more
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
Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide
The most popular pocket reference in emergency nursing - now in a new edition! The Emergency amp; Critical Care Pocket Guide has been an essential resource for physicians, paramedics, and nurses for over a decade. The... read more
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
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
Intensive Care Unit in Disaster
This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Marie Baldisseri, Mary Reed, and Randy Wax, in collaboration with Consulting Editor John Kellum, is devoted to Intensive Care Unit in Disaster. Topics in this... read more
