CODE BLUE-19: Proposal to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in the Emergency Department for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Resuscitation of cardiac arrest in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients places the healthcare staff at higher risk of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Unfortunately, COVID-19 status is unknown in most patients presenting to the emergency department (E...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, David, Sarani, Nima, Marshall, Kenneth D., Cannon, Chad M., Jacobsen, Ryan C., Pirotte, Andrew, Pittenger, Christine, Wong, Edric K., Dodson, Nicholas P., LaCapra, Maria, Howe, Kelly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2020
Materias:
Endemic Infections
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33207154
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.7.48436
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Sumario:Resuscitation of cardiac arrest in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients places the healthcare staff at higher risk of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Unfortunately, COVID-19 status is unknown in most patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), and therefore special attention must be given to protect the healthcare staff along with the other patients. This is particularly true for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who are transported to the ED. Based on the current data available on transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2, we have proposed a protocolized approach to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests to limit risk of transmission.

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