COVID-19: The First 30 Days at a UK Level 1 Trauma Centre and Lessons Learnt

Examination of Emergency Medicine Physicians’ and Residents’ Twitter Activities During the First Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak

Introduction: Social media has become an important element of interaction and found itself a place in every aspect of our lives. This study examined the twitter activities of emergency medicine physicians and residents (EMP&R;) about the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: The study concentrated on Twitter, a major social media network. To identify accounts owned ...

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19

Writing in the heady days of new antibiotics and immunizations, esteemed microbiologists Macfarlane Burnet and David White predicted in 1972 that “the most likely forecast about the future of infectious diseases is that it will be very dull.” When asked to explain past events, historians are quick to assert the importance of context. If you want to understand how or why something happened, you ...

Traumatic cardiac injury: Experience from a level-1 trauma centre

PURPOSE Traumatic cardiac injury (TCI) is a challenge for trauma surgeons as it provides a short thera- peutic window and the management is often dictated by the underlying mechanism and hemodynamic status. The current study is to evaluate the factors influencing the outcome of TCI. METHODS Prospectively maintained database of TCI cases admitted at a Level-1 trauma center from July 2008 to Ju...

Winning the COVID-19 War: McKinsey & Company's Proposed Plan for Action at the Local Level

McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, has published a document for local authorities to introduce and explain strategies and actions to combat COVID-19. This document, by evaluating the current situation and considering some degree of contagion for at least 12-18 months, presents three strategies for local authorities to deal effectively with the virus and safeguard the life ...