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BC CDC Guidelines
All BC CDC Clinical Care Guidelines (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Outpatient Management of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 cases (BC CDC) – Last Updated April 14, 2020
General Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Infection Control Guidelines for COVID-19 (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Pregnancy Care During COVID-19 Pandemic – Clinical Guidelines (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Drug Treatment and Therapy Guidelines for COVID-19 includes antimicrobial and immunomodulatory therapy – (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
COVID 19 Ethics Guidance – (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Exposures and return to work for health care workers – (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
PPE & Safety Precautions
Please consult the BC CDC guidelines on personal protective equipment in addition to guidelines issued by your own Health Authority.
General Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Recommendations for PPE in the Emergency Department During COVID-19 (CAEP) – Last Updated April 20, 2020
Infection Control Guidelines on the Management of Critical Adults with COVID-19 (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
COVID-19 Ultrasound Workflow & Safety (St. Paul’s Hospital) – Last Updated March 22, 2020
COVID-19 Cell Phone Hygiene – Last Updated March 30, 2020
COVID-19 Oxygen Therapy and Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMP) (VCH) – Last Updated April 2, 2020
Special Populations
Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Circulation AHA Journal) – Last Updated April 9, 2020
COVID-19 in Older Adults: Key Points for Emergency Department Providers – (The Geriatric ED Collaborative) – Last Updated March 21, 2020
Pregnancy Care During COVID-19 Pandemic – Clinical Guidelines (BC CDC) – Regularly Updated
Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids (TREKK) – Information on Pediatric COVID-19 – Last Updated March 16, 2020
Clinical Management
How to perform a nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) (PHC) – Last Updated May 1, 2020
Remote & Rural COVID-19 Community Cohort Conversation Cue Card
Provincial COVID 19 Transfer Algorithm (Concept Plan) – Last Updated April 14, 2020
Outpatient Management of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 cases (BC CDC) – Last Updated April 14, 2020
Coagulopathy Associated with COVID-19 (NJEM) – Last Updated April 6, 2020
Symptom management for adult patients with COVID-19 receiving end-of-life supportive care outside of the ICU (BC Centre for Palliative Care) – Last Updated March 22, 2020
Ethical considerations in the allocation of critical care resources when capacity is overwhelmed (CJEM) – Published March 30, 2020
Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Circulation AHA Journal) – Last Updated April 9, 2020
Serious Illness Conversation with COVID-19 Patients (PHC) – Last Updated March 24, 2020
Surviving Sepsis Guidelines – Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19 – Last Updated March 24, 2020
COVID-19 Healthcare Innovation Response – View and submit creative clinical solutions for managing the COVID-19 pandemic (CanadiEM.org) – Last Updated March 31, 2020
Resuscitation
Adult CPR Protocol for Suspect and Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 (BC CDC) – Last Updated March 31, 2020
Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Circulation AHA Journal) – Last Updated April 9, 2020
COVID-19 Airway Rounds by George Kovacs co-developer of AIME (AIMEairway) – Last Updated April 17, 2020
AIME Open Access Materials and Procedural Videos – Updated Regularly
COVID-19: Protected Controlled Intubation & Cardiac Arrest (L. Mazurik, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto) – Last Updated March 8, 2020
Modification to Bystander Hands-Only CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic (Heart & Stroke) – Last Updated April 6, 2020
Clinician Self-Care
GroceryHero a free delivery service to help our frontline medical professionals – Last Updated April 14, 2020
Simulation
CORONA WARS, An Emergency Simulation of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Last Updated March 20, 2020
How-to-guide for an In Situ Sim Session for COVID-19 (Simulation Canada) – Last Updated March 12, 2020.
Useful Links
External Organizations
Daily BC Ministry of Health Update. Live daily on Facebook or Twitter – Updated Daily
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) COVID-19 Resources – Updated Regularly
CMA update: Information for physicians and the public on the coronavirus – Updated Regularly
COVID-19 : Clinical Assessment & Management (ACEP) – Regularly Updated
University of Washington Medicine COVID-19 Resource Site – Regularly Updated
Free open access to Cochrane Library Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care – Regularly Updated
Epidemiology
Canadian
Global
Member Blogs & Discussions
Real-Time Virtual Support is Here – Posted May 13, 2020
COVID-19 Stories: My Experience Contracting COVID-19 – Posted May 13, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic: Share Your Experiences – Posted May 12, 2020
COVID-19 research study – please participate – Posted May 8, 2020
Mini-update: STEMI during Covid-19 – Posted April 27, 2020
A Rough Few Months: Facing the pandemic as part of a pan-provincial team – Posted April 15, 2020
CPoCUS Ultrasound protection and disinfection protocols – Posted March 30, 2020
Additional help in ED – Posted March 26, 2020
COVID Test Panel – Posted March 21, 2020
An idea for EM personnel looking for accommodation – Posted March 21, 2020
CORONA WARS, An Emergency Simulation of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Posted March 20, 2020
COVID-19 – coming to a small town near you (Private Member Discussion) – Posted March 17, 2020
How-to-guide for an In Situ Sim Session for COVID-19 (Jared Baylis, Simulation Canada) – Posted March 13, 2020
Regional Resources
First Nations Health
Resources for Health Care Professionals – Regularly Updated
Fraser Health
Medical Staff COVID-19 Information – Regularly Updated
ED Procedural Sedation Guidelines During COVID-19 Pandemic for Children & Adults – Last Updated May 19, 2020
Interior Health
Medical Staff Information – Regularly Updated
Island Health
Medical Staff Information – Regularly Updated
Northern Health
Physician COVID-19 Information – Regularly Updated
Providence Health Care
COVID-19 Information for Medical Staff – Regularly Updated
Provincial Health Services
BC CDC COVID-19 Information – Regularly Updated
COVID-19 Resources for Staff – Regularly Updated
COVID-19 News Bulletins– Regularly Updated
Vancouver Coastal Health
my.vch.ca Coronavirus Disease Updates – Regularly Updated
CPR in Unknown COVID-19 Patients – Last Updated June 25, 2020
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