COVID-19 Coronavirus Health Updates

To get the most up-to-date information on the COVID-19 coronavirus, here are some great resources:

Our KBEMS resources:

• KBEMS Administrators COVID-19 conference call updates via YouTube
  • March 25
  • March 17
• EMS Flowchart to Assess Potential COVID-19 Patients
• Guidance for Health Care Providers (HCP) Exposed to COVID-19 Positive Patients (March 20, 2020)*
• Conservation of N-95 Respirators (March 19, 2020)
• Interim Guidance for KY EMS Agencies for COVID-19 Response (March 19, 2020)
• KBEMS COVID-19 Medical Spanish Terminolgy for EMS Providers (March 18, 2020)

• KBEMS EMS Best Pracitices infographic (March 16, 2020)

• KBEMS Coronavirus flier (updated March 10, 2020)

Other important resources:

• KY Cabinet for Health & Family Services/KY Department for Public Health:
  • kycovid19.ky.gov
  • Interim Guidance for Verification of Employment for Child Care within a Limited Duration Center (March 19, 2020)
  • Interim Guidance for Limited Duration Child Care Programs – Partnership with Designated Health Care Facilities (March 19, 2020)
• CDC COVID-19 website
  • PPE Burn Rate Calculator (March 29, 2020)
• OSHA Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
• UK HealthCare COVID-19 updates

Make sure to check out the Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States document.

From the Kentucky Department for Public Health, updated as of March 2:

• Guidelines for Conservation of Respiratory Protection Resources

Here are some other CDC resources updated as of March 2:

• Interim Guidance for Businesses & Employers to Plan & Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Welcome to In Case of Emegencies: Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning

Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/healthcare-supply-ppe-index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/checklist-n95-strategy.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/release-stockpiled-N95.html

Resources for Healthcare Facilities

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/steps-to-prepare.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/guidance-hcf.html
• https://wwwdev.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/prevent-spread-in-long-term-care-facilities.html

Optimizing N95 Strategies

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirators-strategy/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirators-strategy/conventional-capacity-strategies.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirators-strategy/contingency-capacity-strategies.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirators-strategy/crisis-alternate-strategies.html

Also pushed Lab pages

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/index.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/tool-virus-requests.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/rt-pcr-detection-instructions.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/rt-pcr-panel-primer-probes.html

 

CDC checklist for optimizing N95 use in healthcare facilities. https://tinyurl.com/qpanuqz

FDA policy enabling laboratories to use diagnostic tests they develop. https://tinyurl.com/vegm2nz

WHO guidance for global surveillance. https://tinyurl.com/v8mqdqw

CDC guidance and resources for healthcare facilities and long-term care facilities. https://tinyurl.com/sgcuq77

CDC page on preventing spread of COVID-19 in community settings. https://tinyurl.com/rdtxsef