E14 COVID19 with Neil Parry And Morad Hameed

In this episode, we are joined by repeat guests Dr. Morad Hameed (@moradhameed) and Dr. Neil Parry to talk about how surgeons across the country have adapted to COVID. We also talk about the impact COVID has had on final year residents across the country. Finally, we discuss the basics of COVID management.Dr. Morad Hameed is a trauma surgeon and intensivist at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is the Head of the UBC and VGH Division of General Surgery and is a Service Chief for Acute Care Surgery at VGH. Dr. Neil Parry joined the staff at London Health Sciences Centre and the Department of Surgery at Western in July 2003 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2010. He has served as the Medical Director of Critical Care, Victoria Hospital, LHSC and is currently the Director of Trauma for London Health Sciences Centre. He has held several leadership roles with the Trauma Association of Canada and is the Provincial Chair of the Committee on Trauma for the American College of Surgeons. Links:1. SCCM Guide to COVID management for non-intensivists: https://sccm.org/covid192. UBC Reticulum. This online platform developed by BC surgeons has been utilized extensively by surgeons across the country to communicate about COVID. https://www.ubcreticulum.com/3.  CBC News article on cancelled Royal College exams: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/resident-doctors-certification-covid-1.55100284.  The Behind the Knife podcast (https://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/) has had some excellent episodes recently on ventilator & COVID management.5. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (published March 2020) is available https://bit.ly/3dB9H2Z 6. Traumacast also has an excellent episode on the management of COVID. https://open.spotify.com/show/1CnoyxwOXlARa9Kd69zsA)7. Re-listen to our episode with Dr. Kirkpatrick on telementoring: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e06-andy-kirkpatrick

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