Resources for updating skills for frontline staff.
Breaking bad news and end of life care April 2020
Deteriorating patient and sepsis April 2020
ICU for non-ICU Nurses: Web resources for refreshing skills March 2020
ICU for non-intensivists: Web resources for refreshing skills April 2020
Our NHS People – Guides for supporting our staff including modules on bereavement, resilience and finance.
Ventilation: Web resources for refreshing skills March 2020
Vital signs and clinical skills April 2020
Wellbeing and resilience April 2020
eLearning Resources on Coronavirus (COVID 19) compiled by HEE (1st April 2020)
BMJ Learning Modules on Coronavirus (COVID 19)
Open University – Free modules for nurses returning to practice to support the NHS
Supporting Children
Is that normal? A guide for children of frontline staff. This is a resource created by Trisha Brigden from the play team on Skylark. Although it is written for a child whose mother is a nurse, it is applicable to any child whose parent is a member of frontline staff.
Digital books explaining coronavirus to children
A list of Educational resources put together by Berkshire Health Libraries.
Evidence Update Bulletins
From September onwards our updates concentrate on appraised and summarized resources.
Coronavirus Bulletin Sept 10th
Coronavirus Bulletin 19th July
Coronavirus Bulletin 17th June
Earlier editions are available …
COVID-19 – Living systematic map of the evidence – from the EPPI Centre a device for exploring the published evidence to date divided into broad domains.
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford – Rapid reviews of primary care questions relating to the coronavirus pandemic, updated regularly.
Guidelines and advice from DoH, NICE, Royal Colleges and Societies
NHS England – Clinical Guidance for Coronavirus – Secondary Care. A wide range of guidance related both to coronavirus itself and the management of other conditions and services in the current situation.
NICE Coronavirus (Covid 19) Rapid Guidelines and Evidence Summaries including: critical care; bone marrow transplant; kidney dialysis; radiotherapy; systemic anticancer treatments; severe asthma; managing symptoms (including end of life) in the community; managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community.
British Society of Echocardiography COVID-19 clinical guidance
British Society of Gastroenterology COVID-19 Guidance & Advice
British Society of Gerontology British Society of Gerontology Statement on COVID-19
British Society for Haematology COVID-19 Updates
British Society for Rheumatology COVID-19 updates for members
Combined Intensive Care Society, Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine guidance Clinical Guidance
Public Health England – Infection Control and PPE guidance
Royal College of Emergency Medicine Covid-19 resources
Royal College of General Practitioners COVID-19 updates page, Covid-19 Resource hub
Royal College of Nursing Covid-19 (coronavirus) – guidance for members of the RCN
Royal College of Midwives Coronavirus – what you need to know – News item
Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecologists Coronavirus (Covid 19), pregnancy and women’s health
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health COVID-19 – key topics
Royal College of Pathology – COVID-19 Testing – a national strategy
Royal College of Physicians Covid guidance
Identifying and helping to protect patients most at risk from COVID-19
Specialty-specific guidance on aspects of clinical care and treatment for COVID-19
Royal College of Surgeons
Training and research resources
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (March 2020)
Complete list of resources from the Royal Colleges and Professional Bodies produced by HEE 03/04/2020
General sites for resources about Coronavirus
In response to the outbreak in China, several publishers and organisations are providing free access to their published articles and news related to #coronavirus.
Public Health England Dashboard – Total UK cases COVID-19 Cases Update
Blog – Public Health Matters – Public Health England
Infection control and PPE – Guidance from the Department of Health
Guidance – COVID-19: laboratory investigations and sample requirements for diagnosis
NHS England & NHS Improvement – Coronavirus guidance for clinicians
COVID-19 – NOVEL CORONAVIRUS links to information by source
Government; Public Health England; DoH
Finding the evidence: Coronavirus The PHE Knowledge and Library Services Team (KLS) has produced this page to help those, working on the current coronavirus outbreak, embed evidence-informed decision-making in their daily practice.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice
Guidance – COVID-19: epidemiology, virology and clinical features
COVID-19: guidance for health professionals Information on COVID-19, including guidance on the assessment and management of suspected UK cases.
Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice Information for the public on the outbreak of coronavirus, including the current situation in the UK and information about the virus and its symptoms. suite of resources on the virus
Guidance – COVID-19: infection prevention and control guidance
WHO
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak Please visit this page for daily updates.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance
The World Health Organization has also made a database on the virus available – https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
suite of resources on the virus – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.html
Wiley
https://secure.wiley.com/Coronavirus2020 – Free access to medical and scientific articles As new articles are published, they will be made free to access, and added to this centralized resource of coronavirus research.
BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus
Elsevier
Elsevier has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with freely available information in English on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV. The website offers open access to clinical resources and tools, including:
- Clinical guidance regarding diagnosis and treatment
- A downloadable patient education handout
- Nursing care plans and skills
- Links to global public health authorities and national health ministries
Mary Ann Liebert
Free articles from the journal ‘Health Security’ –
Ovid/Wolters Kluwer
COVID-19 TOOLS & RESOURCES FOR CLINICIANS
Set of resources – including access to GIDEON ((Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) – https://tinyurl.com/sotwxl8
Evidence based summaries
DynaMed – coronavirus (free access) – https://www.dynamed.com/condition/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
BMJ Best Practice – coronavirus, with links to topics about SARS and MERS (free access) – https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000165?q=Coronavirus,%202019%20novel&c=suggested
Critical care support advice from the Cochrane Collaboration – Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care – https://www.cochranelibrary.com/collections/doi/SC000039/full
Public Information
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public