CDC Resources: Quality and Patient Safety

SCCM’s COVID-19 Rapid Resource Center now links to pertinent content from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These resources are categorized as Quality and Patient Safety.

Critical Impact: COVID-19: Highlights Session 1

This webinar covers highlights from the Critical Impact: Clinical Practice course.

The Role of a Statewide Critical Care Coordination Center in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic—and Beyond

From Critical Care Explorations . The authors describe statewide implementation of a critical care coordination center designed to optimize ICU utilization.

A Modified Delphi Process to Prioritize Experiences and Guidance Related to ICU Restricted Visitation Policies During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

From Critical Care Explorations . The authors created evidence-based consensus statements for restricted ICU visitation policies to support critically ill patients, families, and healthcare professionals during current and future pandemics.

Interhospital Transfer Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

From Critical Care Explorations . In this single-center retrospective cohort, no significant differences in hospital mortality or length of stay between interhospital transfers and emergency department admits were found. 

Some Patients Are More Equal Than Others: Variation in Ventilator Settings for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

From Critical Care Explorations . The authors claim this to be the first study to clearly demonstrate significant practice variation between ICUs related to mechanical ventilation parameters that are under direct control by intensivists. Their effect on clinical outcomes for ...

Differences and Similarities Among Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Treated in Seven ICUs in Three Countries Within One Region: An Observational Cohort Study

From Critical Care Medicine . In this study, the authors found that COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs within one region, the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, differed significantly in general characteristics, applied interventions, and outcomes despite presumed genetic and socioeconomic...

Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Treated With Tocilizumab in a Randomized Controlled Trial

From Critical Care Medicine .  In this study, the authors explored candidate prognostic and predictive biomarkers identified in retrospective observational studies (interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, D-dime...

End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program

From Critical Care Explorations . The authors evaluated how the 3 Wishes Program evolved to allow continued provision of compassionate end-of-life care for critically ill patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

ICU Mortality in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: Highlighting Healthcare Disparities in Rural Appalachia

From Critical Care Explorations .  The authors found that critically ill and mechanically ventilated coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients transferred from Appalachian critical access hospitals/rural facilities have increased mortality compared...

Fewer Intubations but Higher Mortality Among Intubated Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients During the Second Than the First Wave

From Critical Care Explorations . In this study, the authors sought to compare the rate of intubation and mortality of intubated patients in our ICUs between the first and second waves of the pandemic.

Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Mexico in the First, Second, and Exponential Growth Phase of the Third Wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

From Critical Care Explorations . In this Letter to the Editor, the author discusses inhospital mortality rates in Mexico, noting that, although the inhospital mortality of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients requiring intubation during the exponential growth phase...

Respiratory Non-Invasive Venous Waveform Analysis for Assessment of Respiratory Distress in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: An Observational Study

From Critical Care Explorations . In this Original Clinical Report, the authors conclude that respiratory non-invasive venous waveform analysis respiratory index represents a novel physiologic respiratory measurement with a promising ability to triage early care and predict t...

COVID-19 Respiratory Support and Oxygenation Review

Conventional oxygen therapy is often insufficient to meet the significant oxygen needs of a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia. Several options for providing enhanced oxygen delivery have been studied throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This webcast held on November 10, 2021, revie...

Preparing Adult Clinicians to Treat Pediatric Patients: Part 2

As pediatric cases of COVID-19 increase, it is vital to prepare for surges that may overwhelm capacity in pediatric intensive care units (ICUs). Pediatric critical care experts will address questions related caring for critically ill pediatric patients and steps to prepare for...

Managing Moral Distress During a Pandemic

Review the concept of moral distress and how it can lead to burnout during a pandemic. Thought leaders will teach conflict management strategies and ways to better support your teams to avoid burnout. The Managing Moral Distress During a Pandemic webinar was held on November 1...

UCHealth COVID-19 Pharmacotherapy Guidance

This community developed resource is a quick reference guide for utlization of various COVID-19 pharmacotherapies.

Best Practices for Managing Staff Shortages

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems have been overwhelmed with patients, leading to clinician burnout and staffing issues. In this free webcast, learn how leaders from various intensive care units are managing staff shortages Webcast Recorded on Thursday, October ...

COVID-19: Lessons from the Frontline

COVID-19 case presentation from the team at Mayo Clinic - Florida that brings together many of the STOP-VIRUS Collaborative lessons learned over the course of the past 6 months.

Supporting Our Community: Well Being, Moral Distress, and Burnout

Erin Strong, BSN, RN, CCRN from the University of Pennsylvania, Amanda Frary, MSN, RN; Sydney O'Brien, RRT and Amber Dewey, RRT from Valleywise Health focus on the bedside experience during the Pandemic.  Karen Korzick, MD from Geisinger Medical Center, discusses how these exp...