Critical Care Pandemic Preparation: Considerations and Lessons Learned From COVID-19

Pandemics, increases in disease incidence that affect multiple regions of the world, present huge challenges to healthcare systems and in particular to policy makers, public health authorities, clinicians and all healthcare workers. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of severely ill patients patients, many of whom who have required hospital and intensive care unit admission. The discipline of critical care is a vital and integral component of pandemic preparedness. Safe and effective critical care has the potential to improve outcomes, motivate individuals to seek timely medical attention, and attenuate the devastating sequelae of a severe pandemic. In order to achieve this, suitable critical care planning and preparation is essential.

Source: Critical Care Clinics - July 10, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mervyn Mer, Diptesh Aryal, Nathan D. Nielsen, Ary Serpa Neto, Bhavna Seth, Madiha Raees, Martin W. D ünser, Kristina E. Rudd Source Type: research