Triage of Critical Care Resources During COVID-19

Authors of the article, Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources in COVID-19: An Implementation Guide for Regional Allocation, discuss how to implement a system that maximizes benefits to the greatest number of critical care patients. Stemming from CHEST’s 2014 consensus statement on the Care of the Critically Ill and Injured During Pandemics and Disasters, hear suggestions that consider the particular constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Originally recorded April 16, 2020) Moderator: Nneka O. Sederstrom, PhD, MA, FCCP Panelists: Michael D. Christian, MD; Jeffrey R. Dichter, MD, FCCP; Mary A. King, MD, MPH; and Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.