Respiratory protection among healthcare workers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in COVID-19 patients

Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan:39:233. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.014. Epub 2020 May 11.

Authors

Kurt Ruetzler¹, Jacek Smereka², Kobi Ludwin³, Anna Drozd³, Lukasz Szarpak⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Outcomes Research and General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
³ Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: Lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Healthcare workers; Infection; Pandemic; Respiratory; Respiratory protection; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Health Personnel
Humans
N95 Respirators
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral*
SARS-CoV-2