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The Ventilator Management Team: Repurposing Anesthesia Workstations and Personnel to Combat COVID-19.
Canelli, Robert; Spence, Nicole; Kumar, Nisha; Rodriguez, Gerardo; Gonzalez, Mauricio.
  • Canelli R; Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Spence N; Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Kumar N; Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Rodriguez G; Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Gonzalez M; Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
J Intensive Care Med ; 35(9): 927-932, 2020 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-654883
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in unprecedented numbers of patients with respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support. The number of patients who required critical care quickly outpaced the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. Consequently, health care systems had to creatively expand critical care services into alternative hospital locations with repurposed staff and equipment. Deploying anesthesia workstations to the ICU to serve as mechanical ventilators requires equipment preparation, multidisciplinary planning, and targeted education. We aim to contextualize this process, highlighting major differences between anesthesia workstations and ICU ventilators, and to share the insights gained from our experiences creating an anesthesia provider-based ventilator management team.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Care Team / Pneumonia, Viral / Respiration, Artificial / Ventilators, Mechanical / Coronavirus Infections / Intensive Care Units / Anesthesia, General Type of study: Qualitative research Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Intensive Care Med Journal subject: Critical Care Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 0885066620942097

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Care Team / Pneumonia, Viral / Respiration, Artificial / Ventilators, Mechanical / Coronavirus Infections / Intensive Care Units / Anesthesia, General Type of study: Qualitative research Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Intensive Care Med Journal subject: Critical Care Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 0885066620942097