COVID-19
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NEWS UPDATES
Quick ICU Training for COVID-19 by the Critical Care Education Pandemic Preparedness Team
Intensive Care Editorial: COVID-19 pneumonia: different respiratory treatment for different phenotypes?
intubateCOVID.org - a global registry to track occupational exposures and health outcomes for anesthesiologists involved in airway management for COVID-19 patients (https://intubatecovid.knack.com/registry#project-details/)
January 9, 2021
Guidelines for Surgical Patients with COVID +ve Result
Algorithm for Managing COVID-19 Surgical Patients
April 28, 2020
Sedating ventilated COVID-19 patients with inhalational anesthetic drugs
April 21, 2020
Drager - Checklist for usage of anesthesia devices for long-term ventilation
Drager - COVID-19 Usage of Drager Anesthesia Devices for Long-Term Ventilation
Drager - SARS-CoV-2 and handling of Drager Anesthesia Workstations
April 14, 2020 - Springer Nature: Sharing Information for locating and repurposing anesthetic machines as intensive care unit ventilators during th COVID-19 pandemic
April 13, 2020 - Br J Anaeth: Emergency tracheal intubation in 202 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: lessons learnt and international expert recommendations.
April 8, 2020 - CAS Position Statement - Ethical Considerations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) During Scarcity
April 5, 2020 - WEBINAR Physician Wellness: How to Maintain Your Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 2, 2020 - The Council of Medical Specialty Societies issued a statement on personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care professionals.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
For the complete information on Clinical Guidelines, click HERE
INFECTION CONTROL
For the complete information on Infection Control, click HERE
WELLNESS
Faculty of Medicine - Wellness Resources for Faculty & Staff
VIDEO: 3 steps to coping with anything including COVID - by Drs Jon Hunter and Bob Manuder, Sinai Helath System
LESSONS LEARNT/PRACTICAL TIPS
CHALLENGING CASES
FAQ
Univeristy of Toronto - COVID-19 General Information
Goverment of Canada - Healthcare professionals
Goverment of Canada - Infection prevention and control
Goverment of Canada - Symptoms and Treatment
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - Novel COVID-19 Information
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care - Guidance for Health Sector
FEEDBACK CORNER
We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Please send us an email at communications.anesthesia@utoronto.ca
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Editorial Board
- Vincent Chan, MD (staff)
- Matteo Parotto, MD (staff)
- Laura Bosco, MD (resident)
- Naheed Jivraj, MD (resident)
- Pilar Barrios (Education, Program Administrator)
- Brenda Bui (Operations & Business Manager)
Collaborators
- Matthew Da Silva, MD (resident)
- Linda Dresser (PharmD, Pharmacotherapy Specialist, SHS UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program)
- Karen Foley (staff)
- Alexander Hopkins, MD (resident)
- Shaqayeq Marashi, MD (resident)
- Felipe Munoz Leyva, MD (fellow)
- Joseph Kishan Perera, MD (resident)
- Brittany Prevost, MD (resident)
- Mandeep Singh, MD (staff)
- Michael Szpejda, MD (resident)
- Alon Vaisman, MD (infectious diseases specialist and infection control physician, UHN)
- David Wong, MD (staff)