Today the @NEJM published ethical guidelines for the
allocation of resources as we fight #COVID19. These are
critical because we lack sufficient supplies and equipment to
care for all comers.
Today the @NEJM published ethical guidelines for the allocation of resources as we fight #COVID19. These are critical because we lack sufficient supplies and equipment to care for all comers. t.co/TB3t3vM3QG
— Esther “STAY HOME” Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) March 24, 2020
Guidelines like these may seem like a cold equation. But we
need them to “ensure that individual physicians are not faced
with the terrible task of improvising decisions about whom to
treat…” which “could exact an acute and life-long emotional
toll.”
Guidelines like these may seem like a cold equation. But we need them to "ensure that individual physicians are not faced with the terrible task of improvising decisions about whom to treat…" which "could exact an acute and life-long emotional toll."
— Esther “STAY HOME” Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) March 24, 2020
I’ll summarize them here:
“Recommendation 1: In the context of a pandemic, the value of
maximizing benefits is most important.” This basically boils
down to prioritizing young over old. It also means that we
may remove resources (e.g., ventilator) from one to give to
others.
I'll summarize them here:
"Recommendation 1: In the context of a pandemic, the value of maximizing benefits is most important." This basically boils down to prioritizing young over old. It also means that we may remove resources (e.g., ventilator) from one to give to others.
— Esther “STAY HOME” Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) March 24, 2020
More at the link…
Today the @NEJM published ethical guidelines for the allocation of resources as we fight #COVID19. These are critical because we lack sufficient supplies and equipment to care for all comers. t.co/TB3t3vM3QG
— Esther “STAY HOME” Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) March 24, 2020
h/t dr0id