CovidVent: Raising The Bar

We are a multidisciplinary group with the goal of #RaisingTheBar of critical care capacity RIGHT NOW in response to COVID-19

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Dr. Adam Schlifke of @xpandcare will be Live on Around The Town Chicago with Al Breslof today at 12:30pm PST. Tune into the Livestream to learn about novel new ways of treating COVID patients https://t.co/k0Z7mwhOZD

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Medicine is Complicated.

It's not only 🏥 🚑 🛏️ .

It's not only 🦸🏿‍♂️ 🦸🏽‍♀️.

It's training, teamwork, preparation and professionalism.

💔 💧 😷

Read our plan to prepare.

https://t.co/qWTqsQxCDB
#StayHomeSaveLives
#FlattenTheCurveTogether

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#healthcare @meganranney
@yaneerbaryam #COVID19 nyc

🇺🇸 PLEASE read an Op-Ed
from our Founder,
Dr. Adam Schlifke
Faculty at Stanford University

Empty Hospital Beds = $0
Elective Surgeries Fill Beds
Covid19 patients Need Beds
STOP 🛑 Elective Surgeries

https://t.co/G4j9oWLkbD

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https://t.co/DBbZmzXBow

[Ruth Ann Crystal, MD @CatchTheBaby]

Please Retweet!

MT @HealthcareWen
Hospitals can ACT NOW to convert Surgery Centers into ICUs to provide more #ventilators for COVID19 patients

See: https://t.co/BotUCGM6o9

@CovidVent @Schlif @SCCM

#VentilatorShortage

PLEASE SHARE w/healthcare leaders & policymakers!

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Good morning!

Do you know what impedes planning?

Uncertainty.

COVIDVent has crowd-sourced a plan from physicians and anaesthesiologists for

#MoreVentsNow

It can be done, but it requires preparation.

Temporary orders state-by-state do not let us PLAN.

RT @ScottGottliebMD

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There are 70,000 ventilators that can be retrofitted to accommodate the additional required COVID-19 intensive care units.

70,000 new ventilators if we act NOW.

Yesterday, Louisiana reported it expects to have a
⚠️shortage of 90%⚠️

#RaiseTheBar

https://t.co/0OEzqUkQDR

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COVIDvent is a group that has crowdsourced the development of an operational blueprint to

transform ORs and surgery centers into ICUs.

Find out more. Spread the Word, not the Virus. #RaiseTheBar

The guidelines are available on the https://t.co/iAbapxLf1c

#StayHomeSaveLives

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https://t.co/pYlLilpUo3

[Sara Holoubek @sarita]

After a few weeks of doubling down on @covid_x it still blows me away that frontline health care providers had to become their own rapid response teams. Residents are now coders & data scientists. Spouses are researching Tyvek for PPE. Hacks are shared in Whatsapp. Drs. do PSAs.

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https://t.co/TaZNoOCNpu

[Daniel Kraft, MD @daniel_kraft]

Converting Ambulatory Surgery Center ORs to ICUs: There are over 5,600 ASCs alone in the US with 17,000 ORs, many of which have a #ventilator, meds, & monitoring equipment needed to treat critically ill #COVID19 patients. Intiative by @schlif et al https://t.co/BTAWhDPMRh

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🇺🇸 ROLL CALL

Increased Capacity to Fight Covid

🛡️⚔️🛡️⚔️🛡️⚔️🛡️⚔️🛡️🗡️ 🦠

Worth repeating : California leading the way.

To #RaiseTheBar to fight Covid.

750 ASCs prepare capacity modifications

What's slowing other states? Fear of losing $?

RT

https://t.co/8nD4Nd9aBb

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Thank you to those who have supported our common sense recommendations to INCREASE CAPACITY of our HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

Canceling elective surgeries allows #ORs => #ICUs and can #RaiseTheBar.

Plan: https://t.co/iAbapxLf1c

#StayHomeSaveLives

Please RT

https://t.co/ak8FVv6a1X

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Supporting the care of COVID+ patients at home! https://t.co/HCml0x96lq

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👏👏California Leaders👏👏

Outpatient centers want to be part of the solution as the entire healthcare industry must rise to meet this enormous challenge,” said Michelle George, President @CASA_ASC_Assn

@schlif

#CaliforniaAmbulatorySurgeryAssociation

https://t.co/al4ikH9cxP

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Here is one way to Increase CAPACITY

Until now, federal regulations allowed outpatient surgery centers to care for patients for a maximum of 24 hours.

Transferring uninfected patients to Ambulatory Surgery Centers will help provide extra care.

https://t.co/qKNRn3iRN8

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INCREASE CAPACITY!

Follow This Lead:

CALIFORNIA NOW
YOUR STATE NEXT?

😷😷Please help us prepare😷😷
#RaiseTheBar

Find out how: https://t.co/Y33jTvWDGS
Physicians/Anaesthesiologists unite.

https://t.co/8nD4Nd9aBb

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

New #ICUOnePager on ARDS, summarizing the causes (including #COVID19), pathophysiology, and the approach I use for treatment; hint just remember the 7 P's mnemonic!
#FOAMcc #FOAMed Download the PDF with references here ➡️https://t.co/a5nxKnr6Q9

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

More Than 5,000 Surgery Centers Can Now Serve As Makeshift Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis https://t.co/ukkuotEEBT via @khnews

[Matthew Holt @boltyboy]

Looks like @CMSGov has taken the prodding from @CovidVent & others to allow ambulatory surgery centers to become ICUs. Exact text is below.

Now time to get this done

https://t.co/KYXLBsE63P

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Our Message was heard! Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient Surge. #RaisetheBar #AnesthesiaVents #moreVentsNOW #COVID19 https://t.co/eiI1ATHncB