Section: Module 4: Lesson 4: Complications of COVID-19 | COVID-19 Orientation for Frontline Healthcare Providers in the Acute Care Setting

Required Learning Resources and Activities

Recognize common complications of COVID-19 and their implications for the patient

COVIDprotocols.org: A New Approach to Developing Clinical Guidelines During a Crisis URL

Read the entire webpage.

Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19 URL

Read from 'Demographic Factors' to the end of 'Key Findings from One Large Cross-Sectional Study'.

Determine when a patient is eligible for ICU admission or discharge

Triage decisions for ICU admission: Report from the Task Force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine URL

Read '1. Background' and from '4. Who will benefit from admission to the ICU?' to 'Key Points'.

Summarize recommendations for the care of Critically ill patients with COVID-19

Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 URL

Read the entire article.

Describe general considerations for the treatment of complications of COVID-19

Advice for the public: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) URL

Read the entire webpage.

Identify factors associated with COVID-19 -related death

Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY URL

This large cohort study reviews the factors associated with COVID-19-related death
Read until the section Methods.

Quiz: Module 4: Lesson 4

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Additional Resources for Optional Learning

The Pathogenesis and Treatment of the ‘Cytokine Storm’ in COVID-19 URL

A Journal of Infection pre-proof.

Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 million adult NHS patients. URL

Read the entire document.

Change in the Incidence of Stillbirth and Preterm Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic URL

Click on 'Download PDF', and read the entire article

Interactive Tools

COVID-19 Critical Illness Prediction Tool (COVID-GRAM) URL

Explore the calculator

ROX Index to Predict Risk of Intubation URL

Explore the calculator

Introduction

Course Registration

Pre-Test

Peer Corner

COVID-19 Orientation for Frontline Healthcare Providers in the Acute Care Setting

Module 1: Lesson 1: COVID-19 The Basics

Introduction to COVID-19

How Coronaviruses Work

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Comprehensive Review of Clinical Presentation

COVID-19 in special populations

Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors, and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Pregnancy: Living Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

COVID-19: Epidemiology, Virology and Clinical Features

Module 1: Lesson 2: Initial Considerations for Frontline Healthcare Workers

COVID-19 and Unique Challenges in Rural Communities

Facility Readiness Assessment for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Considerations for Integrating Infection Prevention and Control into National Pandemic Preparedness and Response Planning for Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Community Mitigation

Home care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and management of their contacts

Minimising Nosocomial Infections in the NHS

Quiz: Module 1: Lesson 2

Infection prevention and control in the context of COVID-19: a guideline

Module 2: Prevention and Control

Module 2: Lesson 1: Physical Protection for Healthcare Workers

Decontamination and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators

N-95 Respirator Extension of Use and Reuse

Persistence of Coronaviruses on Inanimate Surfaces and their Inactivation with Biocidal Agents

Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care when COVID-19 is Suspected

Optimizing supply of PPE and other equipment during shortages

Quiz: Module 2: Lesson 1

OSHA's Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

Module 2: Lesson 2: Mental Health Protection for Healthcare Workers

Managing Healthcare Workers' Stress Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak

Six Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Stress

Quiz: Module 2: Lesson 2

Ethical Guidance for Pandemic Nursing

Module 2: Lesson 3: Primary Prevention by Immunization Against COVID 19

Prevention and Control Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 pre-exposure prophylaxis: A potential COVID-19 preventive strategy for high-risk populations, including healthcare workers, immunodeficient individuals, and poor vaccine responders

Quiz: Module 2: Lesson 3

Immunogenicity and Safety of a Recombinant Adenovirus Type-5-Vectored COVID-19 Vaccine in Healthy Adults Aged 18 Years or Older: a Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial

Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates

Safety and Immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2: a Preliminary Report of a Phase 1/2, Single-Blind, Randomised Controlled Trial

Module 2: Lesson 4: Additional Precautions

Duration of isolation and precautions for adults with COVID-19

Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)

Quiz: Module 2: Lesson 4

Module 3: Lesson 1: Risks Factors for Contracting COVID-19

Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors for COVID-19: Results from UK Biobank

Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients in the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre Primary Care Network: a Cross-Sectional Study

Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19

Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 1

Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Cancer and COVID-19

Module 3: Lesson 2: Screening and Evaluation

Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2

Evaluating the Accuracy of Different Respiratory Specimens in the Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring the Viral Shedding of 2019-nCoV Infections

Testing for COVID-19

Contact Tracing

The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Gaucher disease: Effect of both a pandemic and a rare disease that disrupts the immune system

Modeling the Onset of Symptoms of COVID-19

Symptom Clusters in Covid19: A Potential Clinical Prediction Tool from the COVID Symptom Study App

Quiz: Module 3 :Lesson 2

Module 3: Lesson 3: Additional Testing

Johns Hopkins COVID- 19 Guide

Absolute Lymphocyte Count is a Prognostic Marker in Covid‐19: A Retrospective Cohort Review

Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 3

Can We Predict the Severity of COVID-19 with a Routine Blood Test?

Module 4: Caring for the COVID-19 Patient

Module 4: Lesson 1: Available Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19

Pharmacological interventions to prevent Covid‐19 disease: A rapid review

Antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2

Immune-based therapeutic approaches in COVID-19

Perspective Adjunctive Therapies for COVID-19: Beyond Antiviral Therapy

Azithromycin in Addition to Standard of Care Versus Standard of Care Alone in the Treatment of Patients Admitted to the Hospital with Severe COVID-19 in Brazil (COALITION II): a Randomised Clinical Trial

Quiz: Module 4: Lesson 1

Drug Treatments for Covid-19: Living Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Strengthening Immunity Through Healthy Lifestyle Practices: Recommendations for Lifestyle Interventions in the Management of COVID‐19

Module 4: Lesson 2: Oxygenation and Ventilation

COVID-19 Vent Tip Sheet

Oxygenation and Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients

Q&As on COVID-19 and Related Health Topics