Educational Resources for Healthcare Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in our healthcare system that require creative adaptations around the country, and here in Indiana, to continue to best care for patients. Healthcare providers have been required to alter their standard patient care algorithms and procedures, and many are willingly stepping into new roles to help care for COVID-19 patients. Medical students have graduated early to assist, and retired providers have come back into practice. This enthusiasm and bravery is an inspiring example of how Hoosiers come forward to serve during crisis.
This curriculum was compiled as a resource for the thousands of healthcare providers in Indiana who have stepped up to care for patients with this novel and complicated viral illness. Though much is still unknown, reviews of the literature and previous international reports provide some insight into best practices in caring for this population. Providers can review the material from start to finish, or refer to specific sections when questions arise. With the abundance of rapidly-emerging information out there, this collection of materials is meant to be a concise and up-to-date guide for providers who are new to the role of caring for COVID-19 patients. This curriculum will be regularly updated. Please also consider subscribing to the COVID-19 Daily Digest for daily updates on emerging and relevant literature.
COVID-19 DIGEST LINKS
SARS-CoV-2
Protecting your home – entering and exiting the healthcare facility
- American College of Emergency Physicians COVID-19 Field Guide Preparing for Work
- ACEP COVID-19 Field Guide Returning from Work
- If Exposed at Work
- Eli Lilly Testing for Healthcare Providers
Returning to work after illness
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Triage
Signs and symptoms at presentation, example cases
Labs and imaging
- ACEP Field Guide Lab Abnormalities
- Coagulopathy – American Society of Hematology COVID-19 and Coagulopathy Frequently Asked Questions
- Radiological Society of North America – Essentials for Radiologists on COVID-19
- ACEP Field Guide Chest XR and CT
- American Society of Echocardiography Statement on Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) Durng the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Testing
- ISDH Specimen Collection and Submission Guidelines
- COVID-19 Testing Guidelines for Healthcare Providers
- How to Obtain and NP Swab
- Interpreting Diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2
- ISDH Provider COVID-19 Provider Webcast
Differential Diagnosis
Home care, admission and critical care criteria
Treatment options and current evidence
- Medical & Public Health Considerations of Chloroquine & Hydroxychloroquine
- ACES/ARBS, NSAIDS, Remdesivir & Updates from the Frontlines
- Infectious Disease Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19
- ISDH Update for Healthcare Providers with Dr. Ben Hunter
- IU SOM Department of Emergency Medicine COVID Science Discussions – Treatment
Ventilators and Critical Care
- ACEP Field Guide Ventilators
- Intubation, Sedation, ECMO and other Critical Care Concepts – ACEP Field Guide
- Ventilator Training Alliance Instructional Webpage & App
Palliative Care
High risk populations
Pregnancy and pediatric patients
- New inflammatory shock syndrome – Children with COVID
- CDC Recommendations on Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Guidance on Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19
- AAP Critical Updates on COVID-19
- AAP Available Research on COVID-19 and Pediatric Populations
- CDC Health Advisory for the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC) Associated with COVID-19
- CDC: Caring for newborns
- CDC: Caring for children – UPDATED INFORMATION on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC)
- MISC Riley Guidelines
- MISC Riley Algorithm
Dialysis
Homeless
Substance Abuse
Behavioral Health
Healthcare Provider Well-Being
PENN State COVID-19 ECHO Program
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health ECHO Center at IUPUI: COVID-19 ECHO Program
IU School of Medicine – Internal Medicine: YouTube ‘Refresher Courses’
HHS/ASPR, National Ebola and Special Pathogens Training and Education Centers (NETEC), and Project ECHO
Center for Disease Control (CDC) – COVID19 Resources