COVID-19: Recent Publications and Guidance for Cardiothoracic Surgical Practitioners

PPE Letter from PHE & Royal Colleges (28th March 2020)

Department of Health and Public Health Agencies COVID-19 Guidance for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings (27th March 2020)

SCTS / ACTACC / SCPS Joint COVID-19 Theatre Guidance (23rd March 2020)

Fair allocation of medical resources (NEJM 23rd March 2020)

Clinical Chararcteristics of COVID-19 in China (NEJM 21st March 2020)

Coronavirus – what anaesthetists need to know (BJA 21st March 2020)

RCS Guidance for surgical support during COVID-19 (20th March 2020)

Bronchoscopy recommendations (20th March 2020)

NICE COVID-19 Rapid Guideline for Critical Care (20th March 2020)

COVID-19 datapack (18th March 2020)

SCTS Thoracic surgery advice during COVID-19 outbreak (18th March 2020)

Specialty Guide Cancer and Coronavirus (17th March 2020)

Cardiovascular considerations of COVID-19 (JACC (17th March 2020)

NHS response to COVID-19 (17th March 2020)

MGH Clinical Management Guidelines (17th March 2020)

SCTS Cardiothoracic practice during COVID-19 outbreak (16th March 2020)

SCTS Cardiothoracic Surgery escalation Framework (16th March 2020)

Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team (16th March 2020)

NHS Clinical guide for COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital (16th March 2020)

NHS Clinical guide for Critical Care (16th March 2020)

WHO Clinical management of COVID-19 (13th March 2020)

Critical care utilisation in Italy, JAMA (13th March 2020)

Experimental models to predict ITU bed requirement (13th March 2020)

Joint policy statement from the Royal Surgical Colleges (13th March 2020)

King’s Critical Care COVID-19 Evidence Summary (9th March 2020)

St Thomas’ Hospital COVID-19 Guide (March 2020)

York ICU Coronavirus Summary (March 2020)

Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention & Treatment (March 2020)

International ICU guidleines for COVID-19 (March 2020)

Pulmonologist Consensus COVID-19 (March 2020)

King’s College Hospital COVID-19 General Presentation (March 2020)

SCTS Annual Meeting 2020- CANCELLED

10th March 2020

Due to the concerns over the outbreak of Covid-19 virus, we have decided to cancel the SCTS Annual Meeting 2020 which has been scheduled to take place between 22nd and 24th March 2020 at the ICC Wales, Newport, South Wales. We understand the disruption this will cause but given that the meeting is a gathering of healthcare workers we feel that this is the right course of action in the face of the current uncertainties.

More details about the ramifications of the cancellation and our plans for future meetings will be provided over the next few days and weeks. Regarding your registration fees these are fully refundable but if you would prefer to allow the SCTS to hold them in our account the fees can be used for your registration at our next meeting. At this stage it is difficult for us to say when this will be but as soon as firm decisions have been made we will keep you informed.

Joint policy statement from the Royal Surgical Colleges

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