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Overview

This course is designed for all primary care staff to assist with their understanding of COVID-19, and the implications it may have on their daily working lives in primary care.

Goals

During this course you will learn:

The background to the disease.
What coronavirus is.
The scale of the problem.
About the public health response.
The advice for immunosuppressed and pregnant women.
About the signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
How to make a diagnosis of pneumonia during the pandemic.
How to manage COPD during the pandemic.
How to prescribe NSAIDs during the pandemic.
About the responsibilities of individuals, GPs, healthcare organisations, the NHS and the government.
What might happen next.
Where else to look for help and advice.

Resources

111 online https://111.nhs.uk/PWCorona/7ba9af45-dbbb-48e5-8331-da581610f30c/COVID-19/about
Chen, N., Zhou, M., Dong, X. et al. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Lancet 2020; 395(10223): 507–513. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine “When will it be over?”: An introduction to viral reproduction numbers, R0 and Re. https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/when-will-it-be-over-an-introduction-to-viral-reproduction-numbers-r0-and-re/
Department of Health and Social Care https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china
Galván Casas, C. Catala, A., Carretero Hernandez, G. et al. Classification of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID‐19: a rapid prospective nationwide consensus study in Spain with 375 cases. British Journal of Dermatology. 2020 doi:10.1111/bjd.19163 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.19163
Health and Safety Executive https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/coronavirus.htm
Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus?dgcid=kr_pop-up_tlcoronavirus20
Lancet Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study Prof Nanshan Chen, et al https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Rocky Mountain Laboratories https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/rocky-mountain-overview
NHS England COVID 19 Standard Operating Procedure https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/other-resources/standard-operating-procedures/
NICE Rapid reviews https://www.nice.org.uk/covid-19#rapid-products
Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus
Public Health England https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-reaches-crucial-step-in-fully-sequencing-novel-coronavirus
Science alert https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-what-the-covid-19-virus-looks-like-under-electron-microscopes
World Health Organisation Coronavirus 2019 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
WHO Joint Missions Report on Coronavirus Disease https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
Wu Z, McGoogan JM. Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. JAMA. Published online February 24, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2648 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130

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