- Admitting a Patient from ED
- Admission and Disposition (Hospitalist vs Medicine vs ICU) Flow Maps
- Admission Note:
- 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:
- Department of Medicine Q&A Session for COVID Volunteers – 15 Dec 2020
- A Pragmatic Approach to Common Acute Medical Issues
- Rounding:
- 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)
- Alcohol, Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder
- COVID Infectious disease guidelines
- COVID Pregnancy management guidelines
- COVID Pulmonary guidelines
- COVID Cardiac guidelines
- COVID Thrombosis/VTE guidelines
- COVID and POCUS
- COVID conversations and Goals of Care
- Planning Ahead with Vulnerable Patients During COVID-19: A Conversation Tool for Clinicians
- Streamlined Goals of Care Designation Decision Making for COVID-19
- Information sheet to help patients prepare for GCDs
- Video: 2020 Serious Illness Conversation with COVID-19 Patients
- Conversations Matter Resources:
- Virtual Completion of Goals of Care Designation (GCD)
- Basic Communication Board
- Patient Provider Communication Tools & Resources
- Tips for Compassionate Communication with Deteriorating Patients
- Ready Communication Skills: A playbook of VitalTalkTips COVID-19
- COVID and Older Adults
- COVID-19 in the older adult
- Encouraging Mobility in the Elderly on Isolation
- Preventing/Managing Delirium and Dementia Responsive Behaviors
- Hearing Loss and Communication in Older Adults
- COVID-19 and people living with dementia
- Seniors Wellness in Challenging Times
- COVID-19: Recognizing Early Symptoms in Seniors
- COVID and End of Life Care (on the ward)
- COVID and End of Life Care (in the ED)
- ED Physician interface document to MD carrying COVID-19 pager
- When to Consult ICU
- Transfer of patient with COVID-19 from ICU to Ward checklist
- COVID ICU Consultation Flowchart
- Things to ask ICU MD upon transfer request to COVID Ward
- SHC – Patient Transfer Risk Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Transferring a Contact/Droplet Isolation Patient from IP to ICU
- Transferring a Contact/Droplet Isolation Patient from IP to IP
- SCM Powerpoint: Admission and Discharge Note Template
- COVID-19 Discharge Process
- Community Resources for Home Care
- Patient printable info
- ASIS Referral Process Overview
- Patient Discharge from Hospital Provincial Pandemic Flowsheet
- COVID-19 Safe Discharge Home Checklist (Form #21622)
- COVID-19 Safe Discharge Checklist Appendices
- My Discharge Checklist
- Which COVID-19 patients are safe to discharge from hospital?
- MOH Guidelines for Transfers, Discharges, and Admissions During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Transfer Trauma when Moving to a Facility
- 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
- AHS COVID-19 Information Site
- Alberta Public Health Disease Management Guidelines for COVID-19
- AHS Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) FAQs for Staff
- World Health Organization Global Research on COVID-19
- ED Calgary Zone COVID-19 Resource Site
- COVID-19 Communication skills
- CMPA COVID-19 Hub: Advice, support and medical-legal information
- Data on cases
- Connect Care Bytes Blog