Emergency Medicine Society Of Ghana

AFEM COVID-19 Tools and Resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Zx9CLIK4Qmh-jXAEBc4huRqv-CkEvt7?usp=sharing

COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are running a free online course, for 3 weeks from March 23 re COVID-19.

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/short-courses/free-online-courses/coronavirus

WHO Table Top simulation material

Simulation Exercise:
Table Top exercise from WHO package : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wtc6F5b7r_6P-6I7bZc8_CNbI5jEdydC?usp=sharing

Live Simulation Template: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DNAHV0bRiUwLPk05SyPSPVTbbZQZCjjb?usp=sharing

Resources for Training and Education on COVID 19 and how to support on-going activities of your department, Unit or Hospital

Technical Guidance Documents: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance

Online Training Modules:
WHO

Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response https://openwho.org/courses/UNCT-COVID19-preparedness-and-response-EN

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-EN

ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) https://openwho.org/courses/eprotect-acute-respiratory-infections

Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection https://openwho.org/courses/severe-acute-respiratory-infection

Risk communication essentials https://openwho.org/courses/risk-communication

Communication Essentials for Member States https://openwho.org/courses/publichealthcom

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EMSOG statement regarding COVID-19

The Emergency Medicine Society of Ghana (EMSOG) made up of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians and others in the field of emergency care calls for a unified, urgent and coordinated response of Ghana’s health system to combat the rising number of COVID-19infections in Ghana especially in light of WHO’s declaration ofCOVID-19 as a pandemic.

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AFEM statement regarding COVID-19

As the COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, AFEM calls for a unified, urgentand rational response to the rising number of infections in Africa. The spread of COVID-19 poses a particularly significant threat in low resource settings,as it adds to the current burden of disease, depletes limited resources, and compounds the existing challenges in providing quality emergency care.

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