COVID-19: Staying safe in the minimally invasive operating room
Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed
English - March 31, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science Life Sciences benignsurgery caraking endometriosis gynecologicsurgery gynecology hysterectomy minimallyinvasivesurgery surgery unscrubbed Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Jonathan Dort, MD (@JonathanDort1), Vice Chairman for Education in the Department of Surgery; Program Director, General Surgery Residency; and Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery at Inova Medical Group, Falls Church, Virginia
They discuss:
SAGES’ COVID-19 resources
Assumptions being made about viral transmission during laparoscopic surgery
Should surgical patients be tested pre-surgery for COVID-19?
PPE for the surgical and anesthesia team in the operating room
Reducing operating teams to required personnel
Optimizing filtration systems
Which surgical cases are nonessential
Use of masks in the OR
COVIDsurg: Conoravirus global collaboration on surgical experience with COVID-19
Safety for residents and INOVA’s educational shift
A new way of conducting grand rounds
Working out virtual visit kinks for attendings and residents
GME start date of July 1: Should it be pushed?
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This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
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