Clinical assessment and management of suspected COVID patients:
COVID testing criteria:
Testing criteria Australian Dept of Health . Updated 16/07/21
Rapid testing criteria at TSH:
Swabbing technique : how to collect a combined nasal and oropharyngeal sample.
Patient assessment flowchart SESLHD intranet :
Warm/Hot patients – COVID admissions
CPR in COVID patients from Australian National Evidence Taskforce (updated Jan 21)
COVID Lung Ultrasound https://youtu.be/Y_a_h8FyH7c
Series of podcasts from HippoED for junior medical officers: Introduction: What if I get called in to help with COVID-19 patients? (2 mins) Personal Protective Equipment: Where providers incur greatest risk (7 mins) Basics of how to manage stable suspected COVID-19 patients (9 mins) How basic respiratory interventions change for suspected COVID-19 patients (7 mins) Diagnostic and radiology pitfalls in COVID-19 patients (5 mins) Provider self-care tips during the COVID-19 pandemic (4 mins) Listen to the full series in the COVID-19 Resource Hub |
Cool patients – Specialty admissions
Gastroenterology