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“…It is unsurprising that many of the reports we have published emphasised staff safety. Broadly, these fell into three categories First, is strategies for the avoidance of aerosol generating procedures, such as the novel approach to spinal anaesthesia to facilitate prolonged surgery in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection reported by Oon and Ha [5] Second, modifying existing procedures to minimise aerosol generation, including the approaches to tracheostomy described by Smith et al and Harper et al [6,7]. Third, ensuring proper availability, function and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including Rotman et al's description of the vital role of team briefing in ensuring appropriate protection is worn by all team members during shared airway surgery in the context of COVID-19 [8].…”
Section: Maintaining Staff Safetymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Outside of the operating theatre environment, new collaborations with colleagues redeployed from other areas required teamwork to address new challenges. Smith et al describe their approach to the development of a dedicated percutaneous tracheostomy team comprising two ear, nose and throat surgeons and two anaesthetists who performed percutaneous tracheostomies in the intensive care setting [6]. The interplay between anaesthetists, intensivists and other specialties was demonstrated throughout the pandemic in the care of the most critically ill of these patients.…”
“…[3][4][5] Several published reports described the creation of such consultant-led intubation teams in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6][7][8][9][10][11] These publications explained the composition of the teams, and the supplies and equipment needed. For example, these teams typically consisted of an anesthesiologist or emergency medicine physician, a senior medical resident, a registered nurse (RN), and a respiratory therapist (RT).…”
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