[HTML][HTML] Should paramedics intubate patients with SARS-like symptoms?

PR Verbeek, B Schwartz, RJ Burgess - CMAJ, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Commentaire one of many situations in prehospital care in which the principle of paramedic
safety is paramount. For example, paramedics will not enter a building that has collapsed, is …

SARS safety and science

L Nicolle - Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
T in all settings. But interventions appropriate for a continuing outbreak of SARS in Toronto
including large numbers of hospitalized patients and opportunities for substantial staff …

Protection protocol in intubation of suspected SARS patients

DT Wong - Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editor: As of April 28, 2003, there are 344 probable or suspect severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases in Canada; 264 cases in Ontario. 1 Worldwide, 5050 …

Intubation of SARS patients: infection and perspectives of healthcare workers.

KM Caputo, R Byrick, MG Chapman… - Canadian journal of …, 2006 - europepmc.org
Purpose The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 presented
major challenges to the safety of anesthesiologists and other healthcare workers (HCWs) …

Universal respiratory etiquette: a modest proposal

GP Lenehan - Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2004 - intljourtranur.com
The CDC is recommending some simple measures to help prevent the spread of SARS,
which will also help contain other potential epidemics such as the flu. These measures …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for SARS transmission from patients requiring intubation: a multicentre investigation in Toronto, Canada

J Raboud, A Shigayeva, A McGeer, E Bontovics… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background In the 2003 Toronto SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV was transmitted in hospitals
despite adherence to infection control procedures. Considerable controversy resulted …

Loss of paramedic availability in an urban emergency medical services system during a severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak

PR Verbeek, IW McClelland… - Academic …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To describe the loss of paramedic availability to Toronto Emergency Medical
Services during a biphasic (SARS‐1 and SARS‐2) outbreak of severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Update on emerging infections: News from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and … - Annals of emergency …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS have been relatively less severe among patients in the United States than among
those reported elsewhere. A majority of US patients had normal chest radiograph results …

The effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on emergency airway management

E Wong, KK Ho - Resuscitation, 2006 - Elsevier
From early March 2003 to late May 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was
detected in Singapore. The increase in workload and new infection control procedures were …

SARS: finding a deadly needle in the haystack

J Thompson - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2003 - cambridge.org
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) hit Toronto just as we were dealing with a local
flu outbreak and preparing for a million summer tourists from around the world. We knew that …