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Just the Facts: Protected code blue – Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the emergency department during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
- Source :
- CJEM, Cjem
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Emergency medical services (EMS) is called for a 65-year-old man with a 1-week history of cough, fever, and mild shortness of breath now reporting chest pain. Vitals on scene were HR 110, BP 135/90, SpO2 88% on room air. EMS arrives at the emergency department (ED). As the patient is moved to a negative pressure room, he becomes unresponsive with no palpable pulse. What next steps should be discussed in order to protect the team and achieve the best possible patient outcome?
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.medical_treatment
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Pneumonia, Viral
Just the Facts
Chest pain
protected code blue
Betacoronavirus
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Pandemic
medicine
Emergency medical services
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Patient Care Team
Infection Control
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
COVID-19
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Emergency department
Cardiac arrest
medicine.disease
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Emergency Medicine
Medical emergency
medicine.symptom
Coronavirus Infections
Emergency Service, Hospital
business
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14818043 and 14818035
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CJEM
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....50dd8981e7b9b67a642cbf592de3d2b6
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/cem.2020.379