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Content ArticleThe World Health Organization has produced a number of resources, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, to help members of the public know when they should wear a mask and how to put on, use, take off and dispose of a mask.
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Content ArticleHow 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.
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Content ArticleThis document should be used to guide clinicians on the appropriate use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), non-invasive ventilation (NIV), here referring to bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO, such as OptiflowTM) in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Published evidence, clinical guidelines and personal communications with colleagues in China and Italy have informed this document. The guidance is not designed to be prescriptive but to provide a useful aid to use alongside clinical judgement. It can be adjusted to suit individual clinical environments. Decisions relating to the escalation of ventilatory support (whether as a trial of treatment, as a ceiling of care, or as a possible bridge to ongoing invasive ventilation) need to be made early and by experienced clinical decision-makers.
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Content ArticleFollowing the emergence of coronavirus and its spread outside of China, Europe is now experiencing large epidemics. In response, many European countries have implemented unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions including case isolation, the closure of schools and universities, banning of mass gatherings and/or public events and most recently, widescale social distancing including local and national lockdowns. In this report, from Imperial College London, authors use a model (semi-mechanistic Bayesian hierarchical) to attempt to understand the impact of these interventions across 11 European countries.
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COVID-19: guidance for Ambulance Trusts
Claire Cox posted an article in Guidance
This guidance set out by Public Health England is for possible cases of COVID-19 where an emergency ambulance response is required. Content includes: identification of possible cases on-scene clinician precautions personal protective equipment (PPE) patient assessment conveyance and patient handover post conveyance decontamination. -
Content ArticleRespiratory 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.
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Content ArticleThis guidance is aimed at all professionals carers supporting patients with COVID-19, and their families, in the hospital setting – whether this is in critical care or elsewhere in the hospital. All hospitals have access to specialist palliative care teams, whether as in-house hospital palliative care teams or as in-reach teams from the local palliative care services. These teams will be able to provide additional advice and guidance but it will not be possible for them to provide direct care to everybody who needs it, especially as the pandemic progresses. This guidance includes flow charts to help aid treatment and symptom control. Nb: The most current version of the guidance document will be available on the public-facing pages of the Association for Palliative Medicine website (https://apmonline.org/). It is advised that you always check that you are referring to the most current version.
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Content ArticlePeople with a learning disability have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than the general population and die prematurely. At least 41% of them die from respiratory conditions. They have a higher prevalence of asthma and diabetes, and of being obese or underweight in people. All these factors make them more vulnerable to coronavirus. There is evidence that people with autism also have higher rates of health problems throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and that this may result in elevated risk of early mortality. This guide, from NHS England, states the following key points should be addressed when assessing and treating a patient with a learning disability or with autism who is suspected of having or is known to have coronavirus: Be aware of diagnostic overshadowing Pay attention to healthcare passports Listen to parents/carers Make reasonable adjustments Understanding behavioural responses to illness/pain/discomfort Mental Capacity Act Ask for specialist support and advice if necessary Mental wellbeing and emotional distress. Please download the full guide for further detail.
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NHS: Specialty guides for patient management
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Speciality guides for patient management during the coronavirus pandemic.- Posted
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Content ArticleNovel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 threatens healthcare resources throughout the world. This is particularly true for the patients who develop moderate to severe respiratory failure and require oxygen supplementation devices such as high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC). The HFNC uses humidification to allow the delivery of up to 100% oxygen at flow rates of up to 60 Lmin-1 ; however, there is a concern this may aerosolize respiratory tract pathogens. This report states that patient requiring HFNC are at least used in single occupancy rooms or negative pressure airborne isolation rooms. Healthcare workers caring for those using HFNC should be wearing full airborne personal protective equipment (i.e., N95 mask or equivalent, gown, gloves, goggles, hair covers, and face shield or hoods).
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‘Think SIM’ for your COVID-19 preparations
Claire Cox posted an article in Guidance
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widespread response across the NHS in terms of how staff and the departments and organisations in which they work can help to manage the challenges being faced now and in the coming weeks and months. This includes the need to learn new skills and procedures at short notice, to rehearse the management of complex and potentially hazardous clinical cases in unfamiliar environments, and to be assured that any systems, policies and protocols that are put into action are designed to promote safe, effective care and support staff well-being. There is an important role for simulation as a technique or intervention in this set of unique circumstances, which will be implemented more effectively if integrated and aligned with the many other initiatives aimed at supporting staff and the NHS as a whole.- Posted
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Content ArticleA growing number of studies have focused on 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak, but few data are available on epidemiological features and transmission patterns of children with COVID-19. This study, published in Pediatrics journal, examined the epidemiological characteristics and transmission patterns of 2143 paediatric patients with COVID-19, using a retrospective analytical approach. The authors found that children at all ages were susceptible to COVID-19, but no significant gender difference was found. Clinical manifestations of paediatric patients were generally less severe than those of adults’ patients. However, young children, particularly infants, were vulnerable to 2019-nCoV infection.
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Content ArticleThis pneumonic is for quick diagnosis / risk assess for coronavirus developed by doctors in Italy.
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Content ArticleThis guidance is for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) because of an underlying health condition, and for their family, friends and carers. It is intended for use in situations where the extremely vulnerable person is living in their own home, with or without additional support. This includes the extremely clinically vulnerable people living in long-term care facilities, either for the elderly or persons with special needs. Shielding is a measure to protect people who are clinically extremely vulnerable by minimising all interaction between those who are extremely vulnerable and others. We are strongly advising people with serious underlying health conditions (listed below) which put them at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) to rigorously follow shielding measures in order to keep themselves safe.
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NICE publishes first rapid COVID-19 guidelines
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Guidance
NICE has published its first three rapid guidelines on the care of people with suspected and confirmed COVID-19, and in patients without COVID-19. These guidelines have been developed to maximise patient safety whilst making the best use of NHS resources and protecting staff from infection. The guideline has been developed using the interim process and methods for developing rapid guidelines on COVID-19 and recommendations are based on evidence and expert opinion. COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care COVID-19 rapid guideline: delivery of systemic anticancer treatments COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery.- Posted
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Coronavirus: My disabled son is on his own without any help
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I'd like to share what I am currently living through during the coronavirus with my 25-year-old son who has significant cerebral palsy due to kernicterus and is speech, hearing and motor impaired- Posted
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"The tsunami is coming and we’re all terrified"
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I am a nurse providing specialist support to seriously ill patients at a large acute Trust in England. Today I have been working with patients who have COVID-19. I am angry and scared.- Posted
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Content ArticleA powerful essay from Dr Joshua Lerner, an Emergency Room (ER) doctor who currently works at the Leominster campus of UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital in the US...
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Content ArticleThis article, published by The Lancet, is written by Dale fisher, Chair of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and Annelies Wilder-Smith, co-Chair of the Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on Preparedness for Emerging Epidemic Threats. They highlight the urgent public health action required in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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To beat COVID-19, social distancing is a must (19 March 2020)
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A blog by the National Institutes of Health Director, Dr. Francis Collins, highlighting relevant research that shows how important it is for everyone to comply with social distancing advice. The National Institutes of Health is a US based, government organisation.- Posted
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Content ArticleWritten by Benjamin W. Starnes, MD (professor and chief) and Niten Singh, MD (professor and associate chief) in the division of vascular surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle. This letter, published in Vascular Specialist, provides statistical and personal insight into how coronovirus is playing out for hospitals, and the measures they are having to put in place to deal with overwhelmed services.
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COVID-19: advice for staff (updated 18 March 2020)
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Please note, this is an evolving situation and the advice changes based on the latest published Public Health England guidance.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis paper, published in BMC Public Health, reports the results of a qualitative study that explored UK healthcare worker's (HCW) views about working during an influenza pandemic, in order to identify factors that might influence their willingness and ability to work and to identify potential sources of any perceived duty on HCWs to work.
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Content ArticleAn animated video explaining the science behind the coronovirus, how it affects the human body and what you should do.
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Content ArticleSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and St Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have put together this occupational health advice for their staff based on current published advice from Public Health England.
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