• West J Emerg Med · Sep 2020

    CODE BLUE-19: Proposal to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in the Emergency Department for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest.

    • David Nguyen, Nima Sarani, Kenneth D Marshall, Chad M Cannon, Ryan C Jacobsen, Andrew Pirotte, Christine Pittenger, Edric K Wong, Nicholas P Dodson, Maria LaCapra, and Kelly Howe.
    • Kansas University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas.
    • West J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 24; 21 (6): 71-77.

    AbstractResuscitation of cardiac arrest in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients places the healthcare staff at higher risk of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Unfortunately, COVID-19 status is unknown in most patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), and therefore special attention must be given to protect the healthcare staff along with the other patients. This is particularly true for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who are transported to the ED. Based on the current data available on transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2, we have proposed a protocolized approach to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests to limit risk of transmission.

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