Tag: pandemics
COVID-19 Has Them Scared to Go Home
There are no statistics on how many health care workers and first responders have passed the virus to their children, spouses, or parents. But, thousands of American health care professionals have fallen ill so far – over... read more
Oxygen Escalation Therapy and Noninvasive Ventilation During COVID-19
We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many parts of the world have been ravaged by this virus, but disease severity varies significantly. There are several types of patients with COVID-19: those who have mild disease... read more
Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 in United States
As of April 9, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had resulted in 1,521,252 cases and 92,798 deaths worldwide, including 459,165 cases and 16,570 deaths in the United States. Health care personnel... read more
Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. COVID-19's rapid spread has forced clinicians to care for patients with... read more
Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to shortages of essential goods and services - from hand sanitizers to masks to beds to ventilators. Today, the healthcare system is facing the prospect of rationing medical goods and services. Mechanical... read more
Optimizing Ventilator Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak is presenting unprecedented challenges to our health care system. According to our best projections, combined with information on the ground, the availability of precious medical resources will be limited... read more
How COVID-19 Causes ARDS
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, we're learning more about the disease, what it does to the body and the damage it causes. Although many people with COVID-19 have no symptoms or only mild symptoms, a subset of patients... read more
Heart and Lung Damage for COVID-19 Patients
While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery. In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19... read more
U.S. May Get More Ventilators But Run Out Of Medicine For COVID-19 Patients
As hospitals across the country fill with COVID-19 patients, medical personnel are sounding the alarm about shortages of drugs essential to those patients' care. "We have seen an increase in demand on pharmaceuticals that's... read more
COVID-19: Protected Code Blue
The protected code blue is designed to keep your staff safe when managing a patient with COVID-19 who has a sudden cardiac arrest. You will continue to do high quality CPR, defibrillation (if indicated), give code medications,... read more
COVID-19 Evolving Indications for Intubation
Hypoxemia and tachypnea should not be the sole indications for intubation, but rather a complete clinical assessment including work of breathing, mental status and increasing PaCO2 and/or acidosis. Based on experience... read more
A Brooklyn ICU Fights for Each Life in a Coronavirus Surge
Nearly every patient was on a ventilator. Some were in their 80s, some in their 30s. Medical workers were falling fast and had to be resourceful — "the alternative," one said, "is death." The night had been particularly... read more
Yale study finds self-isolation would dramatically reduce ICU bed demand
As soon as Alison Galvani learned of the COVID-19 virus in China and its devastating spread there, she foresaw what might happen to healthcare facilities in the United States. The Yale professor and colleagues at the... read more
US Betrays Healthcare Workers in Coronavirus Disaster
The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will go down as the worst public health disaster in the history of the country. The loss of lives will make 9/11 and so many other catastrophes appear much smaller... read more
