RNSH ICU COVID-19 resources

General ICU Care

This is a guideline for the care of RNSH ICU patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guideline will evolve as knowledge and experience with the disease improves. Any updates to this guideline will be made readily available here, at learn.rnshicu.org and on the ICU intranet page.

RNSH ICU COVID-19 resources

Airway Management

This document covers emergency airway management and tracheal intubation in the ED, ICU and Opertating Theatres at RNSH.

This intubation checklist is for use in the COVID-19 patient group only. It is completed in two parts – the first part outside the patient room and the second part inside.

These infographics were created by the Safe Airway Society to aid airway management and tracheal intubation in the COIVD-19 patient group.

For further Safe Airway Society COVID-19 resources follow this link.

This video demonstrates tracheal intubation in a COVID-19 patient, using the resources provided above.

RNSH ICU COVID-19 resources

Basic and Advanced Life Support

This document covers the Protected Code Blue at RNSH – the modified approach to Basic and Advanced Life Support in suspected or proven COVID-19 patients.

This video demonstrates the Protected Code Blue at RNSH – the modified approach to Basic and Advanced Life Support in suspected or proven COVID-19 patients.