Practical guidance on how Scarce Resource Allocation Teams (SRATs) should conduct themselves if hospital resources are overwhelmed.
Medical Specialty
Should we put multiple COVID-19 patients on a single ventilator?
Prof Jack Iwashyna on the highly limited role of single ventilator / multiple patient workarounds in the COVID-19 epidemic.
Checklist: Suspected COVID 19 intubation
Today I had the opportunity to review a very nicely created Peri-intubation Action Card that was put together in short order by two anesthesiologists from Scope Anesthesia – Dr. Janish Patel and Dr. Kimberly Blasius.
Preparing for the COVID-19 pandemic
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this episode focuses on the pandemic planning all ICUs should be doing – if they haven’t already been overwhelmed.
COVID-19 a 3-step approach to intubation
Pragmatic Recommendations for Intubating Critically Ill Patients with Suspected COVID-19. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open.
Eponymous signs in Appendicitis
Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis
COVID-19 airway management: better care through simulation
Dr Albert Chan from shares practical tips & resources for using simulation for Covid19 airway management based on the Hong Kong experience.
COVID-19 – We are all in this together
Our need to bring our best selves to work has become more important in the face of this COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe. Many intensive care clinicians are presently overwhelmed by escalating numbers of critically ill COVID-19 patients whilst many others are carefully preparing for seemingly inevitable local outbreaks. There is an eerie feeling where […]
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