COVID-19 Resources for Lifebox Partners ⇩

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Lifebox is determined to help our partners prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have created a curated list of COVID-19-related resources evaluated and recommended by Lifebox’s medical team. Information on ethics, clinical guidelines, hand washing, PPE, research, and training can be found below. This list will continue to be updated and maintained as we evaluate new resources. While these materials are not comprehensive, and there are many other sources of information, we hope it will prove useful.

NEW: COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist

Thank you to Drs. Faye Evans, Nichole Starr, and Tom Weiser for compiling this list.

Lifebox COVID-19 Resource Guide:

Area	Title	Source
Anesthesia	Clear plastic drapes may be effective at limiting aerosolization and droplet spray during extubation: implications for COVID-19	CJA
Anesthesia	Barrier Enclosure during Endotracheal Intubation	NEJM
Ethics	Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions & Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic	The Hastings Center
Ethics	Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19	NEJM
Guidelines	Lifebox/Smile Train/WFSA publication: COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist to minimize healthcare provider exposure when operating on COVID+ or suspected patient (PDF)	Lifebox/WFSA
Guidelines	Lifebox publication, PDF: COVID-19 preparedness within the surgical, obstetric and anesthetic ecosystem in Sub Saharan Africa Virtual Grand Rounds Video of Authors’ Discussion of Publication	Annals of Surgery
Guidelines	Coronavirus – guidance for anaesthesia and perioperative care providers	WFSA
Guidelines	Basics of Mechanical Ventilation for Non-Critical Care MDs	SAGES
Guidelines	Clinical guidance	ICM Anaesthesia
Guidelines	PDF: Clinical Management of COVID-19	Partners in Health
Guidelines	What we do when a COVID-19 patient needs an operation: operating room preparation and guidance	Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Guidelines	Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019	CCM
Guidelines	PDF: Summary of recommendations on the management of patients with COVID-19 and ARDS and Summary of recommendations on the initial management of hypoxic COVID-19 patients (infographic)	CCM
Guidelines	Summary of Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19	JAMA
Guidelines	FAQ on Anesthesia Machine Use, Protection, and Decontamination During the COVID-19 Pandemic	APSF
Hand Washing	PDF: Guide to Local Production: WHO-recommended Handrub Formulations	WHO
Hand Washing	TEACH CLEAN handwashing poster	TEACH CLEAN
Innovations	Making Your Own Reusable Elastomeric Respirator For Use During Covid-19 Viral Pandemic N95 Shortage	Boston Children’s Hospital
Oxygen Guidelines	Oxygen Therapy with Limited Resources	ANZCA
Oxygen Guidelines	Oxygen Supply and Demand Calculator	UCSF
PPE	Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)	CDC
PPE	Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators	CDC
PPE	Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks	CDC
PPE	A scientific consortium for data-driven study of N95 filtering facepiece respirator decontamination	N95DECON
PPE	Proven decontamination techniques for N95 masks	NIAID
PPE	English COVID-19 PPE Infographic, Spanish, French; Refrence Sheet; Technical Support	Ashley Styczynski – Stanford University
PPE	What is an N95 Respirator?	N95Decon – Resources available in multiple languages here
PPE	Extended use or re-use of single-use surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators: A rapid evidence review	CEBM
PPE	Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19	WHO
Research	Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)	WHO
Research	Severe COVID-19	NEJM
Research	Respiratory Parameters in Patients With COVID-19 After Using Noninvasive Ventilation in the Prone Position Outside the Intensive Care Unit	JAMA
Research	Use of Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure	JAMA
Resources	COVID-19 Resources: Documents and publications on COVID-19	AFRICA CDC
Training	An Introduction to the National Incident Management System	FEMA
WASH	Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19	WHO
Research	Pulse oximetry in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic	The Lancet
Research	Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 — Preliminary Reportejmoa2021436	NEJM

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