• Emerg Med Pract · May 2020

    Novel 2019 coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): An updated overview for emergency clinicians

    • A L Giwa, Akash Desai, and Andrea Duca.
    • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
    • Emerg Med Pract. 2020 May 1; 22 (5): 1-28.

    AbstractThe novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has quickly become a worldwide threat to health, travel, and commerce. This overview analyzes the best information from the early research, including epidemiologic and demographic features from SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV viruses; lessons learned from the experience of an emergency physician in Northern Italy, where the outbreak has devastated the healthcare system; evidence on transmission and prevention through safe use of PPE; evidence and advice on SARS-CoV-2 testing and co-infection; management options; airway management options; steps for rapid sequence intubation in the ED and managing disaster ventilation; and information on managing pediatric and pregnant patients.

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