Medicine Grand Rounds: NY COVID Surge Experience (Recorded Webinar)

Internet Enduring Material sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. 

This webinar focuses on the following: Updates on Inpatient census, COVID-I9 census shows an increasing trend. Increased OP test positivity. The number of confirmed patients in the hospital has increased across the 7 Bay area counties. With the rising incidence, need to reinforce the pillars of prevention: wearing a mask, reporting symptoms, washing hands and practicing social distancing with possible. Healthcare workers who travel internationally must self-quarantine for 7 days and have a COVID test on day 5. Supplies are critically low of the larger size 1870 and 1870+ for N95 masks. Providers fitted for this size masks must get a fit test for an industrial mask as soon as possible. External PPE is prohibited. N95 infection control approved and preferred options. Ventilator sharing during an acute shortage from the former COVID-19 epicenter in NY.  Context: the experience on the frontlines, acute ventilator shortages, avoid a replay of NY. What happens when no ventilators are left? Discussed Ventilator Allocation Guidelines. Discussed sharing ventilators and timeline for sharing. Discussed the Joint Statement on multiple patients per ventilator. COVID-19 surge put NYC healthcare system on brink of collapse, not just ventilators, PPE, staff, ICU capacity, etc

  Release Date: July 13, 2020
  Expiration Date: July 13, 2022
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
  CME Credits Offered: 1.00
  Registration Fee: FREE

*Originally recorded 07/08/2020, as the Stanford Medicine Grand Rounds.

1. Evaluate the impact of the ventilator shortage in NYC
2. Review the Ventilator Allocation Guidelines and how to effectively share ventilators with multiple patients

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Reference/Bibliography List
COVID-19 CME Resources https://med.stanford.edu/cme/COVID19.html

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