General
- RCSEng Open-access COVID-19 resources
- Coronavirus: e-learning for healthcare workers
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), UpToDate
- NICE COVID-19 guidance
- ESCP COVID-19 page
- Coronavirus Act 2020
- Decision making in extreme circumstances support statement
- Joint statement from Royal Colleges and GI Surgical Societies 22.1.21
Surgery
Guidelines
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- Intercollegiate General Surgery Guidance on COVID-19
- RCSEng: COVID-19 – Good practice for surgeons and surgical teams (PDF)
- ACPGBI: Considerations for Multidisciplinary Management of Patients with Colorectal Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
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- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) guidance on endoscopy and surgery in COVID-19 patients
- American College of Surgeons – Guidance for triage of non-emergent procedures
- American College of Surgeons – COVID-19 Guidelines for Triage of Colorectal Cancer Patients
- American College of Surgeons – COVID-19 Guidelines for Triage of Emergency General Surgery Patients
- Public Health England guidance on infection prevention and control for COVID-19
- SAGES: Smoke and gas evacuation guidelines
Papers
- PubMed for COVID-19 papers
- Prioritizing access to surgical care during the coronavirus pandemic
- What we do when a COVID-19 patient needs an operation: operating room preparation and guidance
- What to Do When A Patient Infected With COVID-19 Needs An Operation: A Pre-surgery, Peri-surgery and Post-surgery Guide
- Minimally invasive surgery and the novel coronavirus outbreak: lessons learned in China and Italy
Other
- HEE SuppoRTT refresher webinars for clinical scenarios
- Joint letter from the Department for Health and Social Care, NHS Resolution, and NHS England and NHS Improvement: clinical negligence indemnity in response to Coronavirus (PDF)
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- ACPGBI: PPE in operating theatres for general surgery during COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)
- Public Health England: COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC)
- Public Health England: Recommended PPE for healthcare workers by secondary care inpatient clinical setting, NHS and independent sector (PDF)
- The Royal College of Physicians COVID-19 workforce impact surveys
- Donning and Doffing video
Critical and acute care
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Essential knowledge for surgeons undertaking acute medical care
- Care for critically ill patients with COVID-19
- COVID19 Special: ventilator management refresher for surgeons (video)
- ARDSnet ventilator protocols (PDF)
Diagnosis
- COVID-19 BSTI Imaging Database
- Radiology decision tool for suspected COVID-19
- JAMA paper on detection methods
Endoscopy
- Endoscopy activity and COVID-19: BSG and JAG guidance
- BSGAR: CT Colonography activity and Covid-19, 25 March 2020 (PDF)
- ACPGBI, BSG and BSGAR: Considerations for adapting the rapid access colorectal cancer pathway during COVID-19 pandemic, 9 April 2020 (PDF)
- Rapid access colorectal cancer pathway during COVID-19 infographic (PDF)