“The guidelines, in fact, I found most useful were the Royal College’s guidelines, all those info graphics and all those protocols”

This piece is an emotional conversation with a TopMedTalk favourite; how are things going in New Jersey? Has elective surgery come to a halt yet? What innovations are being deployed by medics are they face a global pandemic? What are the unique pressures which medics are being called upon to deal with in this crisis?

The collaborative resource from the UK
https://icmanaesthesiacovid-19.org/

The Royal College of Nursing’s webpage regarding Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is here: https://rcni.com/hosted-content/rcn/first-steps/personal-protective-equipment

Also, the recently released useful conversation about Oxygen shortages Dr Kett mentions – which featured Mike Grocott – can be found here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/covid-19-uk-southampton-and-london-mike-grocott-and-monty/

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Attilla Kett, Chair of Anesthesia at St Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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