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  1. Content Article
    This guidance was published on 9 April 2020 by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwifery. It highlights that childbearing women and newborn infants continue to require safe person-centred care during the current COVID-19 pandemic and they represent a unique population. The majority are healthy, experiencing a life event that may bring clinical, emotional, psychological, and social needs. Women and newborn infants therefore require access to quality midwifery care, multidisciplinary services and additional care for complications including emergencies, if needed. When staff and services are under extreme stress there is a real risk of increasing avoidable harm, including an increased risk of infection, morbidity and mortality, and reductions in the overall quality of care. Safety, quality and preventing avoidable harm must be key priorities in decision making. Continuation of as near normal care for women should be supported, as it is recognised to prevent poor outcomes. 
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    In this anonymous blog, published by the Guardian, the author describes their experience of working in an inpatient psychaitry unit during the current cornovirus outbreak. They raise concerns over the impossibility of physical distancing, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), patients not being allowed to go out and a rise in violence and anxiety.
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    This article, published by the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, concludes that in order for healthcare professionals to deliver safe care they need adequate protection and training in its use. Where employers are failing to provide adequate PPE safe healthcare cannot be delivered. This poses both moral and ethical dilemmas to healthcare professionals who are patient focused, thereby creating a sense of inadequacy and undervaluation resulting in workforce stress.
  4. Content Article
    This video, produced by the Tissue Viability Team at Bradford Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, helps staff understand how to prevent pressure ulcers from wearing PPE.
  5. Content Article
    Tracey Vernon introduces a short film about how to effectively don a mask and minimise skin damage. She is the Lead Nurse for the Skin Integrity Team (SIT) at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  6. Content Article
    BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme discusses the impact of coronavirus on social care and asks listeners if they feel their relatives in care are being properly protected? One listener, Amanda, speaks about the recent loss of her father who had Alzheimer's Disease. Following a fall and a hospital admission, he contracted the virus. A second caller, Bill, talks about the challenges and risks associated with needing care and support at home as a disabled man. Follow the link below to hear the full programme.  This feature aired on 14 April 2020.
  7. Content Article
    This page, created by the British Thoracic Society, contains information, guidance and resources to support the respiratory community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  8. Content Article
    This report from the American Enterprise Institute provides a road map for navigating through the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
  9. Content Article
    CARDMEDIC was inspired by a news article on a patient surviving COVID-19 after an admission to a UK Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he described feeling terrified of not being able to understand what his healthcare providers were saying, due to the limitations of communicating through Personal Protective Equipment (face masks, visors, hoods etc). CARDMEDIC is a collection of communication flashcards designed to break through the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) barrier, improving transfer of vital information from frontline healthcare professionals to unwell and critically ill patients. They are also used as an upskilling training tool, for example by healthcare professionals and volunteers working outside their usual realms of practice. They are simple and succinct, using basic language to share information and describe the plan of action. Set out in alphabetical order, it should be easy to find what you’re looking for.   You may wish to use the “HELLO MY NAME IS…” card at the start of every patient interaction to introduce yourself and set the scene for using the flashcards. The flashcards can be used in electronic format on either the patient’s or hospital’s phone / tablet / smart device, or printed, laminated, annotated and re-used – write on, wipe off.  CARDMEDIC are continually expanding their database, so please get in touch with suggestions or comments, as well as ideas for further flashcards.
  10. Content Article
    This podcast, published by Coda, covers a wide array of topics, from PPE to simulation. Martin Bromiley (Human Factors expert), talks about the ways human factors affect teams and safety and share communications tactics to help alleviate potential issues. 
  11. Content Article
    The health and care system in the United Kingdom is facing a huge challenge, placing enormous pressure on health and care staff with unprecedented demands on leaders, wherever they work. These pages, from the King's Fund, aim to provide support to health and care leaders, whether you are working in the NHS, social care, public health or the voluntary and independent sector.
  12. Content Article
    How safe is the laundering of uniforms by staff at home? What can be done to reduce the risk of bacterial survival and contamination? This article was first published in the Nursing Times in 2018 but is relevant to the current coronavirus pandemic.
  13. Content Article
    This programme has been created by Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) in response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) global pandemic. The programme is freely available to colleagues working in the NHS, independent sector and social care. It includes key materials to help the health and care workforce respond to Coronavirus.
  14. Content Article
    These resources, set out by NHS England, give guidance for ambulance trusts on the following: assessment and diagnosis management - suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) cases infection Control discharge COVID-19 patient transport services: requirements and funding.
  15. Content Article
    This page provides a list of useful resources for healthcare staff who are working in intensive care units and critical care roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  16. Content Article
    Respiratory infections can be transmitted through droplets of different sizes: when the droplet particles are >5-10 μm in diameter they are referred to as respiratory droplets and when they are <5μm in diameter they are referred to as droplet nuclei. According to current evidence, COVID-19 virus is primarily transmitted between people through respiratory droplets and contact routes. In an analysis of 75,465 COVID-19 cases in China, airborne transmission was not reported.
  17. Content Article
    Below is a list of key websites for anyone looking to access up-to-date information and guidance on the coronavirus pandemic. 
  18. Content Article
    This report, published by the Association of Anaesthetists, gives recommendations based on clinical experiences of managing patients throughout Italy. In particular, the authors describe key elements of clinical management, including: safe oxygen therapy; airway management; personal protective equipment; and non‐technical aspects of caring for patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019. 
  19. Community Post
    HOW SAFE ARE OUR GP PRACTICES during covid-19? For the health care professionals, their patients, and families of patients? I'm a 65-yr old diabetic needing routine B12 injections. My GP tells me to turn up as normal so I don't develop neurological problems. I don't think anyone in the practice has been tested for covid-19. I'm refusing to turn up since I suspect the GP practice to be a covid-19 hot-spot. I don't want to transmit this virus to my frail, elderly asthmatic husband who's undergone cancer treatment and a lot of surgery. I've persuaded the GP to give me a precription for oral B12. Have I done the right thing? How can I help GPs and patients in far worse dilemmas than mine?
  20. Content Article
    Blog from Ken Spearpoint on the aerosol generating procedures in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Covid-19 patients. Ken is a Lecturer in Post Graduate Medicine at the University of Hertfordshire and critical care nurse for the match day medical team at Millwall FC,
  21. Content Article
    Single-use N95 respirators are critical to protect staff and patients from airborne infections, but shortages may occur during disease outbreaks and other crisis situations. Wearing an N95 respirator for hours at a time (i.e. extended wear) or reusing a respirator several times (i.e., donning and doffing between uses) are practices used to ease shortages. The potential risks and benefits of these practices may vary greatly across locations and may evolve rapidly during a crisis. This report’s conclusions are not intended as a practice endorsement or call to action. Rather, this report is intended to provide practical guidance on the potential risks and benefits that clinical centers should consider during decision making about N95 respirator reuse or extended use. ECRI is a US-based organisation. 
  22. Content Article
    This article was published by Medigram, for chief medical officers and chief operating officers of hospitals and health systems to review with their infectious disease teams and chief executive officers. It looks at key lessons and strategies for preventing COVID-19 transmission within hospitals, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) standards, workflows, infrastructure. and workforce management. The content is based on the response to COVID-19 on South Korea. 
  23. Content Article
    Sara Albolina and Giulia Dagliana share the lessons learned from Italy and provide valuable guidance in this podcast shared on the Project Patient Care website. The podcast has been widely circulated among US healthcare provider organisations, patient advocates, and government organisations.
  24. News Article
    Gowns for front-line staff were not included in the national pandemic stockpile of personal protective equipment, procurement chiefs have been told. Trust procurement leads have raised concerns over dwindling gown supplies. Health Care Supply Association chief officer Alan Hoskins tweeted he could not order the products through NHS Supply Chain, even after escalating the matter to NHS England. Mr Hoskins’ tweet on Sunday, which has since been deleted, said: “What a day, no gowns NHS Supply Chain. Rang every number escalated to NHS England, just got message back — no stock, can’t help, can send you a PPE pack. Losing the will to live, god help us all.” Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 30 March 2020
  25. News Article
    Acute trusts have been told to set aside 15% of their daily coronavirus tests for NHS key workers who are quarantining at home with others. New guidance for NHS trust chief executives on covid-19 testing has been published after NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens announced hundreds of frontline staff would be given antigen tests from next week. The guidance from NHSE said acute trusts should prioritise testing staff working in critical care, emergency departments and ambulance services, along with “any other high priority groups you determine locally”. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 30 March 2020
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