COVID-19 Resources and Links
COVID19 Resources and Links
EMRA's Critical Care Committee has curated this list as an excellent starting point for COVID19 information.
- Mental Health Stress and Burnot in Health Care Workers: https://www.idsociety.org/multimedia/podcasts/mental-health-stress-and-burnout-in-health-care-workers/
- COVID-19 ED Management Tool Now Available, Updated: https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19-alert/covid-19-articles/covid-19-ED-management-tool-now-available/
- COVID-19 Latest Updates: https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19-alert/covid-19-articles/covid-19-daily-updates/
- Your Advocacy at Work: House Passes Dr. Lorna Breen Bill: https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19-alert/covid-19-articles/your-advocacy-at-work-senate-passes-dr.-lorna-breen-bill/
- General Overview and Summary: https://emcrit.org/ibcc/covid19/
- COVID19: The Basics https://rebelem.com/covid-19-the-basics/
- COVID19 FastFacts: https://canadiem.org/covid-19/
- Screening and Testing: https://rebelem.com/covid-19-screening-testing-pui-and-returning-to-work/
- Screening, Diagnosis and Management: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/covid-19-screening-diagnosis-management/
- Lab and Imaging Abnormalities: https://rebelem.com/covid-19-laboratory-and-imaging-abnormalities/
- Intubation Recommendations: https://canadiem.org/recommendations-for-covid-19-intubation-an-infographic/
- COVID19 Resuscitation Principles: https://first10em.com/covid-resuscitation-principles/
- COVID19 Airway Management: https://rebelem.com/covid-19-airway-management/
- Airway Management Consensus Statement: https://first10em.com/covid-airway-management-sas-consensus-statement/
- EMCrit's Thoughts on Airway Management: https://emcrit.org/emcrit/some-additional-covid-airway-management-thoughts/
- Airway Management: https://litfl.com/covid19-airway-management-better-care-through-simulation/
- Cardiac Arrest and COVID19: https://emcrit.org/emcrit/still-more-covid19-airway-cardiac-arrest/
- Surviving Sepsis Guidelines: https://rebelem.com/surviving-sepsis-campaign-guidelines-on-the-management-of-critically-ill-adults-with-covid-19/
- Pediatrics and Pregnancy: https://rebelem.com/covid-19-pediatrics-and-pregnancy/
- COVID19 Additional Resources: https://first10em.com/covid-19-resources/
- Staging Proposal and Treatment: https://rebelem.com/covid-19-clinical-therapeutic-staging-proposal-and-treatment/
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Oct 16, 2023
Case Report: Managing a Left-sided Tension Pneumothorax with Patient History of Remote Right Pneumonectomy
The leading cause of iatrogenic pneumothorax is transthoracic needle aspiration. In our case, however, pneumothorax was most likely due to transbronchial lung biopsy two days prior to presentation. Although our patient had a tension pneumothorax, it is worth noting that post‐pneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is a rare post-pneumonectomy complication occurring typically within several months and caused by excessive mediastinal shifting that results in airway compression.
Oct 16, 2023
Donating Eggs in Medical School: A Story of Bodily Autonomy and Privilege
As a second-year medical student who had been anxiously struggling with unanticipated medical expenses and no viable income, I thought about the upcoming months-long amount of time during which I would solely be studying for my first board exam, largely confined to my office and figuratively tied to my desk. My thought process was complex, but surprisingly quick. Within weeks of an initial Google search, I applied to become an egg donor.