ASPR TRACIE Express: COVID-19 Resources (October Update #2)

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COVID-19 Resources: October Update #2

This issue of The Express highlights new resources, upcoming webinars, and other updates. Please continue to access our Novel Coronavirus Resources Page and CDC’s Coronavirus webpage.

Webinar Recording Now Available: Child Emotional and Social Effects

ASPR TRACIE and ASPR’s Pediatric Centers of Excellence have released the recording for the second webinar, Child Emotional and Social Effects, in the series “Hidden Consequences: How the COVID Pandemic is Impacting Children.” Register today for the last two webinars:

The Effects of Secondary Disasters on Children (1:00-2:30 PM ET, October 23, 2020)
The Impact of COVID-19 on Children with Special Healthcare Needs (1:00-2:00 PM ET, October 29, 2020)

This one-page summary includes the recording from the first webinar in the series, Child Health and Wellness, and additional information on the series.

New: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Preservation Planning Toolkit

This toolkit was developed by the COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Working Group and includes links to a guide and an Excel spreadsheet that can help users understand types of PPE preservation strategies and calculate how using those strategies can increase the duration of a specified PPE supply.

New: Maintaining Healthcare Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Creating a “New Normal” for Healthcare Delivery

In this short video, Dr. Syra Madad, Senior Director for the System-wide Special Pathogens Program with New York City Health + Hospitals, discusses their incorporation of enhanced infection control and prevention strategies, the role of analytics, and the use of incident command system for emergency response. Check out the other short videos in this speaker series.

COVID-19 Clinical Rounds Peer-to-Peer Virtual Communities of Practice are a collaborative effort between ASPR, the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC), and Project Echo. These interactive virtual learning sessions aim to create a peer-to-peer learning network where clinicians from the U.S. and abroad who have experience treating patients with COVID-19 share their challenges and successes; a generous amount of time for participant Q & A is also provided. These webinar topics are covered every week:

EMS: Patient Care and Operations (Mondays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
Critical Care: Lifesaving Treatment and Clinical Operations (Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)
Emergency Department: Patient Care and Clinical Operations (Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 PM ET)

Access the webinars from the Telemedicine Hack series and other previous webinars and sign up today to receive information on upcoming webinars.

The Healthcare & Public Health Sector Partnership led by ASPR’s Division of Critical Infrastructure Protection is actively engaged in responding to COVID-19. Register here to receive regular response bulletins.