COVID-19 Weekly Informational Zoom Meeting - February 26th, 2021

As California reached peak hospitalization rates and many parts of the state exceeded maximum ICU capacity, the California Thoracic Society launched a weekly forum where experts from throughout the state gather to share knowledge, resources, and ideas in order to assist each other and the community in devising solutions to meet surge capacity and to save the greatest number of lives possible. Clinicians will be able to openly address concerns and discuss innovative options to address shortages in order to prevent Crisis situations. Previous topics included: Oxygen delivery for mass care and HFNC; early cannulation, transfers and ELSO Guidelines; avoiding ECMO Crises; Anticoagulation for COVID 19; a therapeutics update, Bronchoscopy and Aerosol Generating Procedures; COVID-19 Genetic Variants: Emerging Implications in Clinical Practice and Public Health; Covid-19 Vaccines: Efficacy, Barriers, and the Impact of Variant Strains; Monoclonal antibodies in the Treatment of COVID-19. All conversation is welcome.

Facilitator: Asha Devereaux, MD MPH, Chair, CTS Clinical Practice Committee and Exec. Task Force for Mass Critical Care.
Moderators: Dennis Amundson, DO and Christian Sandrock, MD (Members ACCP TF for Mass Critical Care)

Agenda:
1. State of ICUs: updates from Dennis Amundson, DO and Christian Sandrock, MD
2. Debrief: ‘We don’t need a ventilator-we need to vent!’ or Little Whine with our Wine.
Speaker: Denny Amundson, DO-Scripps, Chula Vista Hospital

Experts on the line: Ni-Cheng Liang, MD, Scripps, Encinitas; Merritt D. Schreiber, PhD (CALMAT Psychologist) Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

CTS gratefully recognizes Fisher Paykel Healthcare, SmartVest and Venteclife Life Systems as supporters of this meeting.

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