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N95 Mask Decontamination and Reuse

Introduction: N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFP, from here out referred to as N95) are designed to filter out 95% of airborne particles and are intended for single use. During the COVID19 pandemic, N95s are in short supply forcing us to …

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Infectious Disease

Why COVID-19 Screening Protocols Won’t Work

Many facilities are using COVID-19 screening protocols to determine how to cohort patients in the ED. Although this sounded like a good idea initially, this strategy is destined to fail.  Early on in the pandemic, we thought we could identify …

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Infectious Disease

COVID-19: Two Important Messages that Need to be Shared Widely

There are lots of mixed messages flying around social media about COVID-19 lung injury.  Although social media is a very powerful way to get information across, it can also amplify messages that are incorrect or not based in quality research …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

COVID-19: Macgyvering Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has strained our available healthcare resources and caused unprecedented stress in the lives of our healthcare workers.  With the advent of COVID-19 and the resultant deaths of our colleagues, it has become painfully clear that our profession …

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Procedures and SkillsThoracic and Respiratory

COVID-19: Thrombosis and Hemoglobin

The Novel Coronavirus 2019, was first reported on in Wuhan, China in late December 2019.  The outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020 and on March 11th, 2020, the outbreak was declared a global …

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Infectious Disease

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