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Barrier Techniques to Reduce Aerosolization During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Critical care explorations. 2020 July
Preventing the dispersion of virulent particles during aerosol generating procedures has never been more relevant than during the current coronavirus pandemic. The American Heart Association released interim guidelines to assist in limiting exposure during advanced cardiovascular life support. These include maintaining a closed circuit on the ventilator for intubated patients and to use a high-efficiency particulate air filter during airway management of nonintubated patients. We developed additional modifications to the suggested guidelines such that providers are even further protected from unnecessary aerosolization, and illustrate a sample protocol for provider safety during advanced cardiovascular life support in the coronavirus pandemic. For the intubated patient, our protocol maintains the patient to the ventilator in addition to being draped with a plastic barrier over the mouth and nares. In the nonintubated patient, a plastic drape or a non-rebreather mask is used to help reduce aerosolization during manual chest compressions. Our modified protocol allows providers to perform advanced cardiac life support by further minimizing exposure risk.
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