Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic took the world by surprise in 2020, rapidly overwhelming our societies, economies, and health-care systems. The health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators, government leaders,…
The emergence of a new virus of the Coronaviridae family, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was detected for the first time in December 2019 in Wuhan…
“She’s young,” I thought to myself one night as the intensive care physician on call in the hospital. I had been called to evaluate a patient in her thirties who…
Disaster has been defined in numerous terms. But in essence, disaster is a disruption of function that causes the ability of the affected community to overcome using its resources. Pandemics…
Are we heroes or martyrs? Well, it depends on many things. At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone saw us as heroes and I even came to feel like one….
Acknowledgments Special Thanks: Dr. Pilar Pardo and PAHO Washington for the enormous contribution to make this chapter possible. Introduction Numerous viral infections have risen in the last decades, causing severe…
1 What equations are commonly used on the wards? Anion Gap Na − (Cl + HCO 3 ) Normal = 10–14 FeNa FENa = [(U Na × S Cr )/(S…
ESSENTIAL PROCEDURES Medical students will be expected to be able to perform the following procedures. Follow all standard barrier precautions. Note that in most instances, these procedures should only be…
1 List the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) TABLE A-1 Glasgow Coma Scale Eye Response (E) Verbal Response (V) Motor Response (M) 1 = No response 1 =…
1 What is outpatient medicine? Outpatient medicine (or ambulatory medicine) refers to medical care that is delivered without admission to the hospital. The patient enters the facility where care is…
