Medicine Grand Rounds: Experience on Deployment in Guam Treating COVID-19 (Recorded Webinar)

Friday, December 11, 2020, 12:00 AM - Sunday, December 11, 2022, 12:00 AM

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

Main topic: Experience on deployment in Guam treating COVID-19. Topics include: background of naval organization, USS Roosevelt Incident, background as a reservist, US navy reserve medicine, mission in Guam and aftermath and lessons learned.

Updates: COVID-19: National surge. November is striking in numbers. Locally, bay area counties, every county curve is going up. Most counties are in the purple zone. Stanford, seeing increase both in numbers of cases and numbers of newly hospitalized. Census, numbers are climbing. Also discussed COVID surge planning at Stanford. COVID planning in General Medicine Wards: current: stable with existing infrastructure of 6 medicine house staff teams, 2nd phase: med consult team is 7th team, including weekend, 3rd phase: non-hospitalist back up from other divisions, 4th phase: If surgical volumes decrease so SCM and other providers can help with staffing. House staff are considered a vulnerable population and will not be part of surge planning unless we have a massive surge. Also discussed ICU surge planning, vaccine timeline.

  Release Date: December 11, 2020
  Review Date: September 8, 2021
  Expiration Date: December 11, 2022
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
  CME Credits Offered: 1
  Registration Fee: FREE

*Originally recorded 12/02/2020, as the Stanford Medicine Grand Rounds.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

1. Stay abreast of current COVID-19 surge and hospital protocols for managing surge.
2. Review incident in Guam regarding COVID-19 and lessons learned from the experience.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation

American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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

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