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Innovation in assessing and managing patients with COVID-19 (HSJ Patient Safety Virtual Congress recording)

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:09:14 +0000

GermDefence: Advice to help protect your home from COVID-19

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Covid-19 vaccines: questions and concerns to anticipate

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:24:00 +0000

COVID-19 education materials for healthcare staff (OxSTaR)

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:10:00 +0000

Health Education England: 10 quick wins for managing COVID surge in ICU

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:44:00 +0000

Wessex AHSN: Covid Oximetry @home toolkit

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:06:00 +0000

COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application (Future Learn)

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:24:00 +0000

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:

Apply the current and evolving principles of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the care of COVID-19 patients.
Apply evidence-based principles of advanced organ support and monitoring to the COVID-19 critically ill patient.
Apply evidence-based daily practices to care of the critically ill patient.
Develop a range of specialised self-caring practices
Reflect critically on the complex elements required to achieve both self-awareness and self-compassion in a high-tension environment.

Skills for Care: COVID-19 Essential Training

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:57:18 +0000

WHO's COVID-19 Health Services Learning Hub

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:19:00 +0000

UCI School of Medicine: COVID-19 predictive analytics tool (18 December 2020)

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:56:00 +0000

Queen’s Nursing Institute. Living with COVID-19: Community and primary care nursing resource (18 December 2020)

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:51:00 +0000

Mask wearing tips to prevent foggy glasses, falls and ineffective protection

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:03:00 +0000

These tips can be used by clinicians to trouble shoot with their patients if they see someone struggling with their mask. They can also be used by anyone looking for advice on how to avoid some of the pitfalls associated with wearing a mask.

Coping with personal protective equipment: Top tips from actors used to working in restrictive clothing and equipment

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:26:36 +0000

ME Association: Post COVID-19 fatigue, post/long COVID-19 syndromes and post-covid ME/CSF (September 2020)

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:55:00 +0000

ARK Behavioral Health: COVID-19 mental health and addiction resources

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:47:00 +0000

ARK Behavioral Health has a number of resources on:

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and substance use.
List of mental health and addiction resources.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about telehealth.
Caring for a loved one who is struggling.

Coronavirus – Top 10 tips on what to do in primary care (last updated 9 November 2020)

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:21:54 +0000

Consider your balance between remote and face to face care – have you got it right and how might it need to change in the months to come?
Think about how you are going to manage respiratory symptoms over the winter and be aware of the issues with COVID-19 in children and what to do if resuscitation is needed.
Shielding is paused and is unlikely to return in the same form as at the start of the pandemic.
Know about the standard operating procedure (SOP) for primary care
Appraisal is restarting in a very light-touch way and there are other changes to administration.
Continue to wear PPE when seeing patients face to face, and continue planning for a much bigger flu vaccination season than usual.
Death certification requirements are relaxed for as long as the Coronavirus Act is in force.
Look after yourself and your staff.
Continue to plan ahead; this will be a marathon, not a sprint.
Your core clinical skills are still important.

COVID-19: losing your sense of smell. A lecture from Professor Carl Philpot (November 2020)

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:22:00 +0000

Lecture content

How common is smell loss in COVID-19?
Does it get better?
How does it position relative to other symptoms of the pandemic?
How is it different to typical smell loss seen with other viruses?
What about taste?
Why bother with smell loss?

COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:52:58 +0000

Fifth Sense: COVID-19 (coronavirus) and smell loss

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:41:00 +0000

Improvement Cymru: Learning from Covid toolkit (21 October 2020)

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:47:00 +0000

The toolkit explores the three phases of how we normally respond to a crisis;

Emergency – at the beginning of a crisis there is high energy. A sense of urgency and a common goal brings teams together and things get done.
Regression – our sense of purpose becomes less clear, energy levels drop, people get frustrated and are less productive.
Recovery – new goals emerge, and we begin to focus on rebuilding rather than simply surviving. An end, or at least a new sense of normality, is in sight.

The aim of this framework is to help people begin to think about how they might move to Recovery. The workshop consists of a 90 minute session that can be delivered online or in person.

The toolkit, along with some guidance on how to run it:

For more information or support on using the toolkit please contact paul.gimson@wales.nhs.uk

social media @improvementcymru

The Swiss cheese respiratory virus pandemic defence

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:33:00 +0000

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Coronavirus: Blogs

WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Herd immunity, lockdowns and COVID-19 (15 October 2020)

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:30:47 +0000

Safe working for all NHS staff through COVID-19

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 13:15:33 +0000

The link below will take to you a number of case studies showing how healthcare teams have responded and made changes to improve how they protect, support and engage staff. The case studies include examples from primary care, secondary care, infection prevention and staff education programmes.

Also included is information and guidance on:

risk assessments
protecting all staff
speaking up
regional support.

Care Quality Commission: Innovation and inspiration: examples of how providers are responding to coronavirus (COVID-19)

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:49:00 +0000

ECRI: How to spot signs of post-intensive care syndrome in COVID-19 survivors

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:32:00 +0000

Key takeaways

Presentation weeks and/or months after ICU discharge
Physical and mental tolls of critical illness and care
Beware of the possible warning signs, which may include: muscle weakness or problems with balance, problems with thinking and memory, severe anxiety, depression and nightmares
The medical community expects to see a high number of PICS cases among COVID-19 survivors due to the increasing number of patients receiving critical care.