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Critical Care Recovery: COVID-19
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COVID-19: voices from the front line
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The outcome is that the RCP released a statement on its website relating to revised guidance on the use of early warning scores for COVID-19 inpatients. The RCP suggest that all staff should be aware that any increase in oxygen requirements should be an indicator of clinical deterioration as the early warning score might not significantly increase.- Posted
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This easy reference guide has been produced because: Some aspects of COVID-19 presentation and treatment present special challenges for safely confirming nasogastric tube position. The dense ground-glass x-ray images can make x-ray interpretation more difficult, and the increasing use of proning manoeuvres in conscious patients increases the risk of regurgitation of gastric contents into the oesophagus and aspiration into the lungs which will render pH checks less reliable. This aide-memoire is not designed to replace existing, established, NHSI compliant practice of NG confirmation. If a critical care provider is in the fortunate situation of having nursing and medical staff who have all completed local competency-based training in nasogastric tube placement confirmation aligned to local policy, they would be able to continue more complex local policies. Such policies might include specific advice indicating which critical care patients could have pH checks for initial placement confirmation, and which require x-tray confirmation, and how second-line checks should be used if first-line checks are inconclusive. However, staff returning to practice, or redeployed to critical care environments, including in Nightingale hospitals, will be helped by reminders of established safety steps in a form that can be used for all critical care patients, rather than requiring different processes for different patients. This is version 2 of the aide memoire, which includes additional advice on situations where providers can continue to safely use more complex local polices. Other changes were minor refinements of language and use of capital letters to emphasise application to checks before first use.- Posted
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Intensive care: a guide for patients and relatives
Claire Cox posted an article in Patient recovery
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COVID-19 therapies in the US
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Visiting the Intensive Care Unit: activity book for children
Claire Cox posted an article in Patient-centred care
The activity book helps introduce children to ICUs, has activities to help them understand what ICUs do and what they might see when they visit one. They can write about how they feel, and their relative, if they would like to. The book also comes with an information sheet for parents or carers, about ways to support the child during this difficult time.- Posted
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Standard Operating Procedure for ICU/HDU Handover
Claire Cox posted an article in Transfers of care
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This website provides nformation, guidance and resources supporting the understanding and management of coronavirus (COVID-19), iincluding: airway management for adults and children obstetric management critical care management cross skilling podcasts and webinars PPE drug management.- Posted
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Safe handover of a critically unwell patient to intensive care
Claire Cox posted an article in Techniques
This short video shows how Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has transformed the way that handover is received. By using a simple checklist along with a process, the critically unwell patient can be handed over quickly and safely. Further reading attached: Standard Operating Procedure for ICU/HDU Handover South East Coast Critical Care Network Critical Care Intrahospital Transfer form- Posted
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