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I was feeling overwhelmed by all the laypress articles about #moralinjury and #burnout in frontline health care workers during #Covid_19 so I decided to do a deep dive into the literature on the mental health of workers during pandemics.

Here's what I found. #thread

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Seriously, so many laypress articles.

What evidence do we have on this, and further, what evidence do we have on strategies that mitigate these mental health issues in health care workers?

I presented these data the @UChicagoMed @UCCancerCenter grand rounds last week.

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@UChicagoMed @UCCancerCenter But first, some definitions to set the stage:

Burnout, initially described by Dr. Maslach as the prolonged physical and psychological exhaustion related to a person's work. Not specific to medicine, although the definition has been honed for medicine (see slide). #burnout

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I know everyone is doing this, but here are my reflections after 2 wks in #ICU w/ #COVID19. Also includes lessons from our outstanding collaboration w/ #RapidResponseTeam

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Much discussion on clinical phenotypes, but like any disease, #COVID19 is a spectrum. Here are 3 big phenotypes I saw

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I’m more worried about running out of #intensivist, #RespiratoryTherapists, etc than running out of #ventilators. Given wide spectrum of disease, true expertise in mech ventilation needed. No 1-size-fits-all approach here

#COVID19 #VentilatorShortage

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Did you know? @US_FDA has temporarily approved use of anesthesia machines as ICU #ventilators - learn more at @APSForg with specific guidance contacts for @GEHealthcare @DraegerNews @Mindray_NA

apsf.org/apsf-asa-guida…

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Did you know?

Anesthesia machine ventilators are used to provide life-sustaining respiratory support every day in the operating room.

While not intended for prolonged use, these are an obvious 1st backup during the #COVID-19 pandemic and critical vent shortage

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Remember how @APSForg @ASALifeline @AmCollSurgeons @Surgeon_General said to cancel non-urgent cases?

This means you may have available anesthesia machines in your hospital ORs, NORA locations, outpatient and office-based surgery centers.

What to do with them?

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#Covid19UK #Ventilators

Extremely concerned with slow action / inaction following letter to SoS Health

Ventilators should have been top priority for last 2wks: it’s been a known problem since 2016

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2016
Our letter
German govt
Newsnight film👇
#Covid19UK #VentilatorShortage

This shortage is neither news nor was it unavoidable

“Despite the severe failings exposed by 2016 pandemic planning Exercise Cygnus, the govt’s planning for a future pandemic did not change”

Shocked they did nothing
newstatesman.com/politics/healt…
#VentilatorShortage

I’m urging all existing specialist producers to accelerate production

German govt ordered 16000 from two domestic producers

Britain worse equipped and slower to start; asks any manufacturer to instantly retool “easier said than done”
economist.com/business/2020/…
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