COVID-19 Efforts at the Institute of Image Guided Surgery (IHU-Strasbourg): 2020

Surg Innov. 2021 Apr;28(2):202-207. doi: 10.1177/15533506211018639.

Abstract

We submit a summary of some of the activities of the IHU-Strasbourg during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. These were presented as part of the coronnavation effort coordinated by Dr Adrian Park. Three initiatives are presented as follows: Protect-Est App, healthcare worker stress, and converted diving mask for ventilation. Two of the 3 projects are still ongoing, and one (Predoict-Est) has been adopted nationally.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronovirus; pandemic; stress; surgery; ventilator.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control*
  • Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
  • France
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Humans
  • Inventions
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative*