Tag: PPE
COVID-19 survey: Support of hospitals and societies ‘paramount’ to promoting well-being...
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic practice, anxiety, coping and support survey for vascular surgeons, recently presented in a Special Scientific Session on COVID-19 during SVS ONLINE on June...
Letter from NYC: Lessons learned ahead of possible future waves of...
On March 1, I drove down the Connecticut Turnpike in a rental car with my three sons. We had just left a somber family...
Report: Safely executing CEA during COVID-19
A carotid endarterectomy (CEA) carried out on a 71-year-old stroke patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is highlighted in a recent case report as an...
Global vascular community addresses geographic disparity in COVID-19 impact and response
LONDON—Last week, the Charing Cross (CX) Symposium 2020 would have taken place in the U.K. capital. To mark the occasion virtually, experts from across...
CMSS urges strong action ‘to ensure safer working conditions’ for frontline...
In a new statement published on April 2, 2020, all 45 societies represented by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically declared their...
ACS defends healthcare workers as PPE shortages lead to acrimony
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing...
‘Desperate times require desperate measures,’ SVS Town Hall on COVID-19 hears
The imperatives of preserving personal protective equipment (PPE) in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic were given a robust airing during a Society for...
Physician-developed respirator device offers one possible solution to PPE shortages
Surgeons and other healthcare professionals aren’t hanging around waiting for depleted personal protective equipment (PPE) to be replenished. Amid COVID-19-related shortages, ingenuity, creativity and...