Tag: pandemics
Tube Thoracostomy during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This document provides guidance for trauma and acute care surgeons surrounding the placement, management and removal of chest tubes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tube thoracostomy for a traumatic hemothorax or pneumothorax... read more
Translational simulation for rapid transformation of health services, using the example of the COVID-19 pandemic preparation
Healthcare simulation has significant potential for helping health services to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid changes to care pathways and processes needed for protection of staff and patients may be facilitated by... read more
What’s Next for EDs in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
As of late May, most countries have falling numbers of new cases of COVID-19 and are at various stages of easing lockdown orders. This seems a good time to look back on the pandemic experience so far and at what lessons we... read more
What COVID-19 Has Taught Me
A personal narrative of Adrian Wong’s experience while battling COVID-19 at King's College Hospital. These are the author's personal opinions and do not represent the views of the institution and professional societies... read more
Predictors of Care in Persons Under Investigation for COVID-19
The healthcare burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic extends beyond patients who test positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a retrospective cohort study... read more
International PICU COVID-19 Collaboration Conference Call
This episode is an international collaborative conference call hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Burns of Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Featured speakers are Drs. Daniel Barouch, Trevor Duke, and Robinder Khemani,... read more
First Report on a First-in-Human Clinical Trial of a Novel Ad5 Vectored COVID-19 Vaccine
This is the first report on a first-in-human clinical trial of a novel Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine. The Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine was tolerated in healthy adults in all three dose groups. The most common adverse... read more
Prevention of Pathogen Transmission During Ultrasound Use in the ICU
The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) and the Australasian College for Infection Prevention Control (ACIPC) published guidelines on minimum standards for reprocessing/cleaning of ultrasound transducers... read more
Prehabilitation May Influence Surgical Morbidity and Mortality During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Elective surgeries have been markedly reduced or even halted altogether in countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the scale of which is unprecedented in modern medicine. The pandemic will negatively affect many... read more
Ultrasound in Times of COVID-19
The potential clinical utility of ultrasound modalities in the COVID-19 patient, the limitations, evidence base and governance over point of care ultrasound images during a pandemic and a discussion on whether the hype surrounding... read more
The Essential Role of Anaesthesiologists in the COVID-19 Response
Five out of seven billion people in this world do not have access to safe anaesthesia and surgery. Anaesthesia is essential for a well-functioning health system, as highlighted by WHA Resolution 68.15 on Strengthening Emergency... read more
Global Effort to Collect Data on Ventilated Patients With COVID-19
As the new chair of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), John Fraser, MBChB, PhD, began talking with the group's members last November about why influenza affects some people worse... read more
Critical Care Transport in the Time of COVID-19
Air ambulances and critical care transport providers are operationally-focused organizations that can play a critical role during pandemics. We have provided a short synopsis of our experience during the COVID-19 pandemic... read more
An ICU Doctor on How We Can Emerge from the Storm Into a Place to Mend
As we emerge from the storm of preparation and uncertainty, where are we now but in a quiet place. A place to mend. A time to dream. For many the effects of lockdown have been devastating; there were never any easy choices... read more
Preparing ICUs for COVID-19: an Australian Experience
In this article, we describe the response from our intensive care unit (ICU) within a large tertiary private metropolitan Australian hospital. We hope this information may be useful to other ICUs in Australia, for any second... read more
A Mass Casualty In Slow Motion: Emergency Medicine During the COVID-19 Surge in New York City
The first time I really took notice of coronavirus was when a few providers started wearing masks during their shifts. This was in mid-February when the virus was a Wuhan problem, and we were screening people with travel... read more
A Guide To Designing Low-Cost Ventilators for COVID-19
The best medical treatment currently for COVID-19 is to simply assist the lung function with mechanical ventilation. Unfortunately hospitals are experiencing such huge influx of patients and do not have enough ventilators. This... read more
Can COVID-19 Cause Sepsis? Coronavirus Disease and Sepsis Relationship
On January 30th, the World Health Organization declared the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) a global health emergency, declaring it an "unprecedented outbreak." While the fears of a COVID-19 pandemic are legitimate,... read more
Use of Supraglottic Airways During COVID-19 Pandemic
This document is produced in response to questions about the use of supraglottic airways (SGAs) during the current pandemic. The advice that it contains is based on the expert opinion of airway specialists and is meant to... read more
Pathological Inflammation in Patients with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2 has led to more than 200,000 deaths worldwide. Several studies have now established that the hyperinflammatory response induced by SARS-CoV-2 is a major cause of disease... read more
Provider Burnout and Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in an overall surge in new cases of depression and anxiety and an exacerbation of existing mental health issues, with a particular emotional and physical... read more
