COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was discovered in December 2019. Kenya reported its first case on the 13th of March 2020
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, the infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include physical distancing, wearing a mask, keeping rooms well ventilated, avoiding crowds, cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue.
Emergency Care
Clinical Videos for Healthcare Providers
Clinical Updates
Resuscitation Guidelines for Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
These guidelines applies to all adult, pediatric, and neonatal resuscitation in patients with
suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection.
Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19
COVID-19 is a pandemic with a rapidly increasing incidence of infections and deaths. Many pharmacologic therapies are being used or considered for treatment. Summarized below are the recommendations with comments related to the clinical practice guideline for the treatment and management of COVID-19.
Ventilator Simulator
The ventilator simulator is an immersive online mechanical ventilation training tool. This release incorporates the most recent evidence-based guidelines in pediatric and adult ventilation, as well as COVID-19 information and COVID-19 patient cases.
The virtual ventilator incorporates real-time changes in vital signs, ventilatory parameters, patient appearance, arterial blood gases, chest x-rays and more.
COVID-19 Preparedness
Quality Emergency and Critical Care services are crucial to saving lives in the current COVID-19 pandemic here in Kenya. Strengthening these services across the country will not only save us now but even when the pandemic is over because, emergencies always happen, regardless of whether we are prepared or not.
Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID‐19
The predominant COVID‐19 illness is a viral pneumonia. Airway interventions are mainly required for tracheal intubation and establishing controlled ventilation. This consensus statement has been brought together at short notice to advise on airway management for patients with COVID‐19, drawing on published literature and immediately available information from clinicians and experts.
Novel 2019 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): An Updated Overview for Emergency Clinicians
This overview analyzes the best information from the early research on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and offers valuable links to the most reliable and trustworthy resources to stay up-to-date.
Treatment Guidelines
