COVID-19 Pandemic

Lessons from the Frontline

1st Edition - May 28, 2021
Authors: Jorge Hidalgo, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, Javier Perez-Fernandez
Language: English
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Providing a broad, global view of all aspects related to preparation for and management of SARS-CoV2, COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the Frontline explores and challenges the basis of knowledge, the transmission of information, and the preparation and epidemiology tactics of healthcare systems worldwide. This timely and provocative volume presents real-world viewpoints from leaders in different areas of health management, who address questions such as: What will we do differently if another pandemic comes? Have we learned from our mistakes? Can we do better? This practical, wide-ranging approach also covers the problem of contrasting sources, health system preparedness, effective preparation of and protection offered to individual healthcare professionals, and the human tragedy surrounding the pandemic.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The sudden appearance of SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The ancestors: Coronavirus and humans
Emergence of SARS-2 CoV
Human-to-human transmission
Controversies about transmission
Early dissemination—The first outbreaks
From outbreak(s) to pandemic
Chapter 2: COVID-19 disaster preparedness
Abstract
Community
Health care
Provider and family
Other disaster care during COVID-19—Experiences from the front line
Chapter 3: My experience with the novel coronavirus: As doctor and patient
Abstract
Chapter 4: COVID-19: A family’s perspective
Abstract
Restricted visitation policies
Communicating with the family
End-of-life event
Conclusion
Chapter 5: COVID-19: A health-care worker’s perspective
Abstract
Introduction
Legal and ethical dilemmas
Am I protected?
What if I get sick?
How to treat the unknown?
Divergent views on health policy
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Allocating scarce medical resources: Inequity in the face of crisis (in pursuit of PPE)
Abstract
What was happening in hospitals?
Chapter 7: COVID-19 and risk exposure of the front line: Heroes or martyrs?
Abstract
Chapter 8: COVID-19 and social media
Abstract
Introduction
The digital transformation of the media. A compromised quality?
The value of true information
Scientific sources to verify information
The digital and technological platforms and the power of the networks
How to control the media and information
Chapter 9: COVID-19 and the role of medical professional societies
Abstract
Introduction
Medical professional organization types
Member benefits
SARS-CoV-2 and medical professional organizations
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Novel treatments and trials in COVID-19
Abstract
Therapeutic approaches
Nonpharmacological interventions
Timing of interventions
Trial design
Repurposing existing medication
Compassionate use and observational registry-based studies
Randomized controlled trials
Complex innovative design
Regulation of clinical trials
Core outcomes
Publication and preprints
Ethics of empiric therapy outside clinical trials
Chapter 11: COVID-19: Lessons from the frontline
Abstract
Background
Introduction
The national response to COVID-19, a national challenge
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Lockdown as a public health measure
Abstract
Advantages
Challenges
Chapter 13: Politics and the pandemic
Abstract
Chapter 14: The effects of the pandemic on oil services and shipping industry
Abstract
Introduction
The oil industry and shipping
The effects of COVID-19 on oil services, oil logistics, and shipping industries
Economic impact of the lockdown on oil services, oil logistics, and shipping industry
The effect of the oil glut on the world
The future
Disclaimer
Chapter 15: Millennials and COVID-19
Abstract
Personal experience, conversations with a post-COVID-19 patient, and some questions to think about
Millennials and the COVID-19 pandemic
Chapter 16: COVID-19: Data collection and transparency among countries
Abstract
Introduction
Lessons learned about COVID-19 data collection
Lessons learned about COVID-19 data transparency
What could be implemented to improve data collection for COVID-19
What could be implemented to improve data transparency for COVID-19
Conclusion
Chapter 17: Brazilian battle against COVID-19
Abstract
When and how did the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic begin in Brazil?
Health policies to combat the COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology in Brazil
Resources and outcomes: How to solve this equation
Opportunities for research
Lessons for the future
Chapter 18: The disproportionate burden of COVID-19 in Africa
Abstract
Introduction
COVID-19: Myths and fictions
Evolution of COVID-19
Epidemiology and surveillance
Political governance and COVID-19
Advances in management of COVID-19
Research and treatment prospects
Challenges
Conclusions
Chapter 19: How the Middle East is facing COVID-19
Abstract
Introduction
Outbreak and management of the health crisis
Challenges to health systems and health sector responses
Statistics across the region
Governments’ strategic responses
Patient characteristics
The typical course of the disease
Clinical challenges
Role of infectious disease consultants
Extracorporeal organ support
Cardiac arrests
Standardization of care across critical supply areas
Approaches to economic use of your time within the ICU
Minimizing exposure to workers
Education
Efficient bed management
Communicating with families
Maintaining ICU surge capacity
Psychological burdens
Conclusions
Chapter 20: COVID-19 pandemic in India
Abstract
Other measures
Pitfalls of our approach
Future plan
Conclusion
Chapter 21: Life after COVID-19: Future directions?
Abstract
Introduction
Earlier pandemics
Nonpharmaceutical interventions
Index

Jorge Hidalgo

Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central America

Gloria Rodríguez-Vega

Affiliations and expertise

Neurosurgical ICU HIMA-San Pablo Caguas Rio Peidras, PR, USA

Javier Perez-Fernandez

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez serves as Medical Director of the Critical Care Services at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Larkin University, Miami-Dade Florida. He is the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Intensive Care. Dr. Perez-Fernandez manages a large group of critical care physicians, South Florida Critical Care Services, overseeing the operations of seven ICUs with over 350 beds. He has been a regional and national recognized leader during the COVID-19 pandemic with multiple TV and media appearances and consulting services for several national and international organizations. He has been directly involved in the development of Rapid Response Teams, technology implementation and “open ICU” models. He has lectured worldwide and author of many original publications with the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Affiliations and expertise

Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA