Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (OpenWHO)

It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in clinical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19 or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics.

La version française de ce cours est disponible sur: https://openwho.org/courses/syndrome-respiratoire-aigu-severe

Версию этого курса на русском языке найти можно по этой ссылке: https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acute-respiratory-infections-RU

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course, participants should:

- Possess some of the necessary tools that can be used to care for the critically ill patient from hospital entry to hospital discharge.

Course duration: Approximately 10 hours.

Certificates: There are no certificates available at this time.

Target audience: This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries.

Course contents

Module 1: Introduction to COVID-19 and IPC:

This module covers a clinical update on COVID-19 as of 30.01.2020, and infection prevention and control (IPC) for patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI).

Module 2: Clinical Syndromes and Pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS:

This module covers clinical syndromes and the pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS.

Module 3: Triage:

This module covers triage and early recognition of patients with SARI. It includes two role-playing scenarios.

Module 4: Monitoring :

In this module, participants will learn about monitoring patients with SARI.

Module 5: Diagnostics:

In this module, participants will learn about differential diagnosis, specimen collection and diagnostic tests for SARI.

Module 6: Oxygen Therapy:

This module covers oxygen therapy.

Module 7: Antimicrobials:

This module covers antimicrobial therapy and its modification after diagnostic test interpretation.

Module 8: Sepsis:

In this module, participants will learn how to deliver targeted resuscitation for Sepsis and septic shock.

Module 9: Mechanical Ventilation:

In this module, participants will learn how to deliver lung-protective ventilation for invasive mechanical ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

Module 10: Sedation:

This module covers invasive mechanical ventilation for ARDS, managing pain, agitation and delirium.

Module 11: Best Practices to Prevent Complications:

This module covers the best practices to prevent complications.

Module 12: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation:

In this module, participants will learn about liberation from Mechanical Ventilation.

Module 13: Quality in Critical Care:

This module covers quality in critical care.

Module 14: Pandemic Preparedness and Ethical Considerations:

In this module, participants will learn about pandemic preparedness and ethical considerations.