Jorge Hidalgo, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, Javier Perez-Fernandez

COVID-19 Pandemic - E-Book (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons from the Frontline

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a broad, global view of all aspects related to preparation for and management of SARS-CoV2, COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the Frontline explores and challenges the basis of knowledge, the transmission of information, and the preparation and epidemiology tactics of healthcare systems worldwide. This timely and provocative volume presents real-world viewpoints from leaders in different areas of health management, who address questions such as: What will we do differently if another pandemic comes? Have we learned from our mistakes? Can we do better? This practical, wide-ranging approach also covers the problem of contrasting sources, health system preparedness, effective preparation of and protection offered to individual healthcare professionals, and the human tragedy surrounding the pandemic.

• Offers a global perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled, things that went wrong, and things that could be done differently in the future.
• Covers multiple aspects of the pandemic, including disaster preparedness; perspectives from patients, families, and healthcare providers; inequity of medical resources; risk exposure on the frontline; government decision making; lockdowns; the role of politics; the burden of COVID-19 in various countries worldwide; and future directions.
• Reflects on the role of professional societies and NGOs in advising governments and supranational organizations.
• Features a diverse list of contributors, including health decision makers and frontline healthcare personnel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323828611
• Artikelnr.: 62285966

Autorenporträt

Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker.

Inhaltsangabe

The Sudden Appearance of SARS-CoV2

COVID-19 and Disaster Preparedness

COVID-19: A Patient's Perspective

COVID-19: A Family's Perspective

COVID-19: A Healthcare Provider's Perspective

Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Inequity in the Face of a Crisis

COVID-19 and Risk Exposure of the Frontline: Heroes or Martyrs?

COVID-19 and the Role of Medical Professional Societies

COVID-19: Treatment and Trials

COVID-19 and Government Decision Making

COVID-19: Lockdown or not?

COVID-19: Politics and Health

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Oil Industry

Millennials and the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19: Data Collection and Transparency Among Countries

Brazil's Battle Against COVID-19

The Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 in Africa

How the Middle East is Facing COVID-19

The COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Life after COVID-19: future directions?