Blogs

Articles in this category

1. Liver transplantation and COVID-19 (9 April 2020)

   • Surgery - General
   • High risk groups
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Surgery - General
     • High risk groups
     • Risk assessment

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 9 April, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,060 views
   • 
   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 9 April, 2020

2. AvMA: Saving lives threatened by COVID19 is rightly a priority, but many more can be saved by improving patient safety

   • Virus
   • Patient harmed

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 April, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,161 views
   • 
   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 8 April, 2020

3. Dementia and COVID-19: Four big problems, three solutions

   • Virus
   • Carer
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Virus
     • Carer
     • Patient
     • Dementia
     • Care home

   By Anonymous, 7 April, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 2,374 views
   • 
   • Added by Anonymous
   • 7 April, 2020

4. Looking after each other in times of change

   • Staff support
   • Teamwork
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Staff support
     • Teamwork
     • Psychological safety
     • Personal reflection
     • Stress

   By Sally Howard, 7 April, 2020

   • 2 comments
   • 4,097 views
   • 
   • Comment by Patient_Safety_Learning
   • 7 April, 2020

5. My ICU is three times capacity. And still the coronavirus tide keeps coming

   • Virus
   • HDU / ICU
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Virus
     • HDU / ICU
     • Ventilators
     • Staff safety
     • Working hours

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 April, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,118 views
   • 
   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 6 April, 2020

6. Treatment escalation conversations during the coronavirus pandemic – what should be best practice in primary care?

   • Virus
   • Communication
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Virus
     • Communication
     • Patient
     • End of life care

   By Claire Cox, 1 April, 2020

   • 4 comments
   • 4,403 views
   • 
   • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
   • 9 April, 2020

7. Aerosol generating procedures, Covid-19 and cardiopulmonary resuscitation

   • Infection control
   • Staff safety
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Infection control
     • Staff safety
     • Virus
     • Medicine - Cardiology

   By Ken Spearpoint, 1 April, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,366 views
   • 
   • Added by Ken Spearpoint
   • 1 April, 2020

8. First shift on the COVID-19 ward

   • Staff safety
   • Motivation
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Staff safety
     • Motivation
     • Culture of fear
     • Virus

   By Claire Cox, 31 March, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,101 views
   • 
   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 31 March, 2020

9. Patient Safety Learning blog: Ventilators – how to ensure that they are safe in use

   • Virus
   • Ventilators
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Virus
     • Ventilators
     • Safety assessment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 March, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,833 views
   • 
   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 30 March, 2020

10. Alzheimer's Society: How COVID-19 is affecting people living with dementia

    • Dementia
    • Virus
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Dementia
      • Virus
      • Carer
      • Depression

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,038 views
    • 
    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 30 March, 2020

11. Does joy in work matter during a pandemic?

    • Staff support
    • Pandemic
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Staff support
      • Pandemic
      • Communication
      • Motivation
      • Team culture

    By lzipperer, 28 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,336 views
    • 
    • Added by lzipperer
    • 28 March, 2020

12. How is the coronavirus outbreak impacting on other areas of your care or treatment? Share your #safetystories

    • Medicine - Infectious disease
    • Public health
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medicine - Infectious disease
      • Public health
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,694 views
    • 
    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 26 March, 2020

13. Patient Safety Learning blog: coronavirus preparations – questions for the Health and Social Care Select Committee (25 March 2020)

    • Risk assessment
    • Risk management
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Risk assessment
      • Risk management
      • Staff safety
      • Equipment shortages
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Additional equipment required
      • Infection control

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 26 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,576 views
    • 
    • Added by Patient_Safety_Learning
    • 26 March, 2020

14. COVID-19: what are you wearing? Working in a soup of droplets

    • Virus
    • Staff safety
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Virus
      • Staff safety
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Infection control
      • Personal reflection
      • Staff support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 March, 2020

    • 5 comments
    • 4,960 views
    • 
    • Comment by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 31 March, 2020

15. COVID-19 Posts from the front line: Francesco Venneri, M.D., Florence, Italy (24 March)

    • Working hours
    • Transmission
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Working hours
      • Transmission
      • Infection control
      • Equipment shortages
      • Leadership
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,123 views
    • 
    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 25 March, 2020

16. There is a monumental crisis on the front line of the coronavirus battle

    • Staff safety
    • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Staff safety
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Infection control

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 796 views
    • 
    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 24 March, 2020

17. ‘Stably unstable’ – limitations with NEWS charting

    • Observations
    • Virus
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Observations
      • Virus
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Ventilators

    By Claire Cox, 24 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 2,572 views
    • 
    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 24 March, 2020

18. I’m frightened I’ll die of Covid-19 (24 March)

    • Underlying health conditions
    • High risk groups

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 24 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,255 views
    • 
    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 24 March, 2020

19. Why I'm coming out of retirement as a nurse to help fight coronavirus

    • Virus
    • Staff safety
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Virus
      • Staff safety
      • Resource allocation

    By Sam, 24 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,040 views
    • 
    • Added by Sam
    • 24 March, 2020

20. Coronavirus means difficult, life-changing decisions for me and my cancer patients

    • Virus
    • Cancer
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Virus
      • Cancer
      • Patient

    By Sam, 23 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,225 views
    • 
    • Added by Sam
    • 23 March, 2020

21. Should you ventilate me if I get severe Covid-19 pneumonia? A blog by Dr Gordon Caldwell

    • Virus
    • Ventilators

    By Sam, 23 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 2,045 views
    • 
    • Added by Sam
    • 23 March, 2020

22. Coronavirus: Is this the time to change staff working patterns?

    • Working hours
    • Virus

    By Phil Gurnett, 23 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,462 views
    • 
    • Added by Phil Gurnett
    • 23 March, 2020

23. Self-isolation may be a pipe dream

    • Food
    • High risk groups
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Food
      • High risk groups
      • Self-isolation
      • Underlying health conditions

    By Anonymous, 23 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,188 views
    • 
    • Added by Anonymous
    • 23 March, 2020

24. I’m 22 years old and I tested positive for COVID-19

    • Virus
    • Patient
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Virus
      • Patient
      • Self-isolation

    By Sam, 21 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,381 views
    • 
    • Added by Sam
    • 21 March, 2020

25. Coronavirus: My disabled son is on his own without any help

    • Medicine - Infectious disease
    • Special needs
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medicine - Infectious disease
      • Special needs
      • Patient

    By Anonymous, 21 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,284 views
    • 
    • Added by Anonymous
    • 21 March, 2020