Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19: Initial Approach to the Acutely Ill Patient (WHO)

What Will You Learn?

• By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
• explain the COVID-19 care pathway, including screening, isolation, acuity-based triage and patient release from the pathway;
• explain the role of acuity-based triage;
• describe the integrated interagency routine facility triage tool and its application to adult and pediatric triage;
• describe key elements in designating a resuscitation area in an emergency unit;
• use the WHO medical emergency checklist in the management of a seriously ill patient;
• relate the components of the ABCDE systematic approach to the acutely ill patient;
• list the components of the SAMPLE history;
• explain the structure, organization and application of the ABCDE systematic approach for the acutely ill patient;
• identify key causes, signs and symptoms and management for: acute airway obstruction, difficulty in breathing, poor perfusion and shock and altered mental status; and
• discuss special considerations and management differences for the acutely ill paediatric patient presenting with: acute airway obstruction, difficulty in breathing, poor perfusion and altered mental status.