Resus Tonight - Critical Care and Emergency Nursing
The Resus Tonight team is curious to learn how critical care & emergency nursing can be better. The team translates research into everyday clinical practice, challenge the sacred cows of nursing and occasionally rant.
Resus Tonight - Critical Care and Emergency Nursing
Ep.22 - COVID-19 - Disease Transmission
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Resus Tonight
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Season 1
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Episode 22
The CDC recommendation for homemade masks has lit a firestorm among health care providers. In this episode, we give our take on the recommendation. We also break down some interesting data on disease transmission.
AS ALWAYS, READ THE PAPERS AND COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSION.
References
CDC. Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/face-masks.html
Doremalen, N et al. NJEM. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
Ong et al. JAMA. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762692
Pyankov. Journal of Aerosol Science. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850217302239?via=ihub