Department of Medicine COVID-19 RESOURCES – HOSPITAL CAREAdmissions, Inpatient Care, Transfers, Discharges, Clinical Practise Guidelines, Educational Tools, Research and Trials

COVID-19 RESOURCES – HOSPITAL CARE`Admissions, Inpatient Care, Transfers, Discharges, Clinical Practise Guidelines, Educational Tools, Research and Trials`

Admission (admission documentation, patient disposition and SCM order sets)

Admitting a Patient from ED
- Admission and Disposition (Hospitalist vs Medicine vs ICU) Flow Maps
- Admission Note:
  - COVID-19 Admission Form – Information for Patient Disposition
- COVID SCM Order Sets
  - COVID-19 Adult Admission Order Set (Form #21614) Print on Demand
  - COVID-19 Adult Admission Order Set (Reference Only)
  - SCM COVID-19 Admission Order Set Demonstration
- COVID SCM Admitting Processes
General:

Inpatient Care Guidelines (Rounding, clinical care guidelines, and SCM handover)

Department of Medicine Q&A Session for COVID Volunteers – 15 Dec 2020
A Pragmatic Approach to Common Acute Medical Issues
Rounding:
- Visitation Guidance during Outbreak and High Community Transmission
- Update to Visitation during Outbreak and High Community Transmission, Patients and Families
Signover (new feature):
- O2 sat, RR now included in Medicine/Paediatrics (2015) handover document
DoM PLP COVID19 Inpatient Infographic
COVID Inpatient Medicine Progress Notes
Direct clinical care guidelines/tools
- Acute care presentation (easy to use guides for non COVID care)
  - Handbook for Common MTU Presentations
  - Geriatric Medicine
- Alcohol, Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder
- COVID Infectious disease guidelines
- COVID Pregnancy management guidelines
- COVID Pulmonary guidelines
- COVID Cardiac guidelines
  - ACEinhibitors statement
  - Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines
- COVID Thrombosis/VTE guidelines
- COVID and POCUS
- COVID conversations and Goals of Care
- COVID and Older Adults
- COVID and End of Life Care (on the ward)
- COVID and End of Life Care (in the ED)
  - CAEP Algorithm: End of Life Care in the ED for patients imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection (ie. COVID-19)
  - CAEP Article: End of Life Care in the ED for patients imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection (ie. COVID-19)

Transfers of Care

Discharge (Documentation, Disposition and Patient Resources)

Active Clinical Research and Trials

Canadian Treatment of COVID-19 Trial (CATCO) / WHO Solidarity Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04330690)
- Antiviral treatment trial available for any adult patient admitted with COVID-19 illness to Calgary Adult hospital sites. Please page 01815 during daytime hours 7 days a week if your patient is agreeable to be contacted by our team to get more information about enrolling.
CORONA-1 Trial
- Please page 03977 if you have a patient with COVID-19 who you think would be eligible and willing to participate in this trial.
Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) Study: Diagnosis of COVID-19 Infection by Serology
- APL is conducting a study on the usefulness of serology testing (including rapid tests) for diagnosing COVID-19. The study involves checking for IgM/IgA/IgG from the serum of SARS-CoV-2 positive inpatients every 3 days for approximately two weeks.
- If you have a patient with COVID-19 who you think would be willing to participate in this study, please contact William Stokes at 403-463-4114 (text or call), pager 13540, or email william.stokes@ahs.ca

Miscellaneous Resources (Government case data, AHS, WHO, CMPA)