Intensive care medicine

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Suicide prevention

Triage

Virology

Anesthesiology

Guideline

Disaster planning

Medical emergency

Surge Capacity

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Anesthesia

Outbreak

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Poison control

Political science

Crisis management

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

MEDLINE

Medicine

Pandemic

Disease

Intensive care

Pathology

Intensive Care Medicine

Given the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19, clinicians and policy makers require urgent review and summary of the literature, and synthesis of evidence-based guidelines to inform practice. The WHO advocates for rapid reviews in these circumstances. The purpose of this rapid guideline is to provide recommendations on the organizational management of intensive care units caring for patients with COVID-19 including: planning a crisis surge response; crisis surge response strategies; triage, supporting families, and staff.

Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines