Critical information on COVID-19 and how it impacts us as surgeons, and how we can help in the fight.
Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike – Chair of the Texas Tech Department of Surgery
-Discusses preparing her department of surgery for COVID
Dr. Angela Hewlett – Medical Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
-Breaks down the basics of this virus from an ID perspective
Dr. Christian Jones – Director of the Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins
-Discusses how we can safe when managing these patients
Dr. Vahagn Nikolian – Fellow At Columbia University in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Discusses how to implement telemedicine into practice
Corona Virus Info
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://emcrit.org/ibcc/covid19/
Johns Hopkins Corona Virus Map
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
How to properly put on and remove PPE (seems silly but is important)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChf0-enyp0
Resources for learning about Vents