VMA COVID-19 Series

Introduction

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COVID-19 is the novel coronavirus behind the global respiratory illness outbreak. This recorded series will provide all healthcare practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to provide the optimum care for COVID-19 patients.

Topics Covered:
- Respiratory Care for the pandemic COVID-19 (29/3/2020)
- COVID-19 sample processing from collection to the result confirmation (2/4/2020)
- Treatment of COVID19 with Remdesivir under eIND (23/3/2020)
- COVID-19: What Do We Know About It? Are We Getting Closer to a Vaccine Against It? (8/4/2002)
- Landscape of COVID-19 Biotherapeutic and Vaccine Candidates (10/4/2020)
- Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know (12/4/2020)
- COVID-19 in children: Epidemiology, clinical and diagnostic considerations
- COVID-19 Critical Care

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Objectives

Objectives:
Session 1: Respiratory Care for the pandemic COVID-19
1-Support national readiness and preparedness for COVID-19
2-Recognize the personal protective equipment that healthcare workers need to protect against infection
3-Highlights recommended Respiratory therapeutics for COVID-19 patients and ventilated COVID-19 patients
4-Realize important Guidelines on Clinical Management of COVID-19
5-Recognize how to properly dispose of or disinfect respiratory care equipment

Session 2: COVID-19 sample processing from collection to the result confirmation
1-Illustrate virus structure and mode of virus transfection
2-Realize how to collect the sample
3-Recognize the process of DNA extraction, PCR, and sample sequencing
4-Identify the quality for sample results relating to the sample extraction and transportation

Session 3: Treatment of COVID19 with Remdesivir under eIND
1. Provide an overview of the treatment and management of COVID19 for pharmacists.
2. Provide an overview of the use of Remdesivir as an agent for COVID19 therapy.
3. Improve the skills and knowledge of pharmacists for treating COVID19.

Session 4: COVID-19: What Do We Know About It? Are We Getting Closer to a Vaccine Against It?
1-Provide the healthcare and research field will the most updated information about COVID19.
2-Provide answers to questions and concerns about COVID19.
3-Giving the most updated information regarding the local and global efforts in the vaccine discovery.

Session 5: Landscape of COVID-19 Biotherapeutic and Vaccine Candidates
1- Current vaccine candidates in clinical and pre-clinical stages.
2- Biotherapeutic drug candidates.
3- Convalescent Plasma to Treat COVID-19.

Session 6: Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know
1- Provide an overview of the physiology of respiration and mechanical ventilation (MV).
2- Explain the basic principles of MV.
3-Explain the components of MV and how to initiate it.
4- Differentiate between the main modes of ventilation.
5- Discuss the essential management approaches of MV.

Session 7: COVID-19 in children: Epidemiology, clinical and diagnostic considerations
1- To introduce the specificities of COVID-19 in children
2- To describe the epidemiological situation of children infected by SARS-CoV2
3- To detail the clinical, laboratory and radiological findings in children with COVID19
4- To discuss the therapeutic protocols and outcomes in infected children.

Session 8: COVID-19 Critical Care
1- Identify most common of critical cases especially with COVID19
2- Clarify how to assess the patient in a critical case.
3- Identify the basics of dealing with critical patients.
4- Clarify the basics of Mechanical Ventilation machines.

Main theme

- Recorded videos
- You will have access to all the recorded videos only for 3 weeks

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