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Ep 139 COVID-19 Part 3 – PPE: What We Know, Conservation Strategies and Protected Code Blue

Emergency Medicine Cases

The single most important thing we can do as ED providers in this COVID pandemic is to protect ourselves, our colleagues, our patients, our families and our friends against transmission of the virus; and there is no higher risk of transmission that during the resuscitation of a sick COVID patient.

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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid secondary contamination. Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% This includes adequate pain control, fluid resuscitation, and stabilization of any systemic complications.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. IPC for Marburg Virus Disease (MVD): PPE Part 1:PPE Basics What, When, and Why to Use PPE. Marburg Virus Disease.; Accessed October 15, 2024.