Impact of COVID‐19 on an Australian intensive care unit: lessons learned from South Australia. Issue 9 (6th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nadkarni, Aniket; Alderson, Steven; Collett, Luke; Maiden, Matthew; Reddi, Benjamin; Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 50:Issue 9(2020)
• Page Start: 1146
• Page End: 1150
• Publication Date: 2020-08-06
• Subjects: COVID‐19 -- critical care -- intensive care unit -- pandemic; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.14963
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract: The scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic represents unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems. We describe a cohort of 18 critically ill COVID‐19 patients – to our knowledge the highest number, in a single intensive care unit in Australia. We discuss the complex challenges and dynamic solutions that concern an intensive care unit pandemic response. Acting as the State's COVID‐19 referral hospital, we provide local insights to consider alongside national guidelines.