COVID-19 Articles

CEdRIC: Strategy for Patient Education During COVID-19 Triage


September 28, 2020

Practical Diagnostic Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Testing for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)


September 28, 2020

Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is Useful to Evaluate Emergency Department Patients for COVID-19


A Video-based Debriefing Program to Support Emergency Medicine Clinician Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic


September 25, 2020

How the COVID-19 Epidemic Affected Prehospital Emergency Medical Services in Tehran, Iran


September 25, 2020

Preparedness, Adaptation, and Innovation: Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Decentralized, Quaternary Care Department of Emergency Medicine


Underutilization of the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic


September 24, 2020

CODE BLUE-19: A Proposed Protocol to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in the Emergency Department when Receiving Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients


September 24, 2020

Physician Wellness During a Pandemic


September 24, 2020

In-situ Simulation Use for Rapid Implementation and Process Improvement of COVID-19 Airway Management


August 19, 2020

COVID-19: A Driver for Disruptive Innovation of the Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process


August 19, 2020

Development and Usability Testing of a Web-based COVID-19 Self-triage Platform


August 17, 2020

United States Congressional COVID-19 Legislation: Recent Laws and Future Topics


August 17, 2020

Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intubation Confirmation of COVID-19 Patients


August 17, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Worker Wellness: A Scoping Review


August 17, 2020

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Chest Radiographs for COVID-19 at Presentation


August 17, 2020

Barrier Enclosure for Endotracheal Intubation in a Simulated COVID-19 Scenario: A Crossover Study


August 17, 2020

Streamlining Care in Crisis: Rapid Creation and Implementation of a Digital Support Tool for COVID-19


August 7, 2020

COVID-19: An Emerging Threat to Antibiotic Stewardship in the Emergency Department

COVID-19: Implications for Advanced Care Planning and End-of-Life Care


July 21, 2020

Leveraging Remote Research Associates During a Pandemic


July 8, 2020

Identifying Patients at Greatest Risk of Mortality due to COVID-19; a New England Perspective


July 8, 2020

Predictors of Morality in Adult Population Admitted with COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study from New York City


June 29, 2020

Novel Barrier Enclosure for Aerosol and Droplet Protection Model


June 23, 2020

Mobilization of a simulation platform to facilitate a system-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic


June 23, 2020

Emergency Department Admissions during COVID-19: Implications from the 2002-2004 SARS Epidemic


June 23, 2020

Telehealth Solutions For In-hospital Communication With Patients Under Isolation During COVID-19


June 19, 2020

Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound is More Sensitive than Chest Radiograph for Evaluation of COVID-19


June 15, 2020

In Young Adults with COVID-19, Obesity is Associated with Adverse Outcomes


June 15, 2020

Home-Based Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Leveraging Prehospital Resources for the Care of Vulnerable Populations


June 15, 2020

Recommendations for Prehospital Airway Management in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection


June 8, 2020

The Next Pandemic: Prepare for “Disease X”


June 4, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic and Care of Older Adults at Risk for Delirium and Cognitive Vulnerability


June 3, 2020

Brief Review of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity and Management


June 3, 2020

A Multidisciplinary Intubation Algorithm for Suspected COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department


May 22, 2020

Closure in the Time of COVID-19


May 22, 2020

Decrease in Trauma Admissions with COVID-19 Pandemic


May 22, 2020

Management of Agitation during the COVID-19 Pandemic


May 22, 2020

Low-cost Videolaryngoscope in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic


May 22, 2020

Electronic Health Record Based Surveillance for Community Transmitted COVID-19 in the Emergency Department


May 22, 2020

First Do No Harm With COVID-19: Corona Collateral Damage Syndrome


May 22, 2020

Addendum to Systematic Review of Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19


May 20, 2020

Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Literature


April 24, 2020

Definitive Airway Management of Patients with a King Laryngeal Tube TM in Place in the COVID-19 Pandemic


April 15, 2020

Early Multi-organ Point-of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of Respiratory Distress During SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: Case Report


April 15, 2020

Novel, Inexpensive Portable Respiratory Protection Unit (PRPU) for Healthcare Workers


April 14, 2020

15 Smartphone Apps for Older Adults to Use While in Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic


April 13, 2020

Assessment of the Angolan (CHERRT) Mobile Laboratory Curriculum for Disaster and Pandemic Response


April 13, 2020

The Appropriate Use of Testing for COVID-19


April 13, 2020

Augmenting the Disaster Healthcare Workforce


April 13, 2020

Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters


April 13, 2020

Healthcare Ethics During a Pandemic


April 13, 2020

Paradigm Shift for COVID-19 Response: Identifying High-risk Individuals and Treating Inflammation


April 10, 2020

Sex- and Gender-specific Observations and Implications for COVID-19


April 2, 2020

Addressing Challenges in Obtaining Emergency Medicine Away Rotations and Standardized Letters of Evaluation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic


March 31, 2020

Brief Summary of Potential SARS-CoV-2 Prophylactic and Treatment Drugs in the Emergency Department


March 28, 2020

A Case of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Young Male with Full Body Rash as a Presenting Symptom


March 27, 2020

Preliminary Results of Initial Testing for Cornavirus (COVID-19) in the Emergency Department


March 15, 2020

Keeping the Fire House Running: A Proposed Approach to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19 Among Public Safety Personnel


January 30, 2020

2019-nCoV: The Identify-Isolate-Inform (3I) Tool Applied to a Novel Emerging

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