AAST has put together a list of resources containing various statements, support, handbooks, and guidance that will be relevant to our membership during the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be updated as new information becomes available. We are committed to supporting our membership at this time and will continue to find educational content relative to the ongoing emergency. We thank you for your sacrifice and your individual effort to combat this pandemic.

 If you or your institution has additional educational resources you would like to share with the membership, please send them to [email protected] marked *URGENT*. 

AAST Leadership Statements

• AAST President Dr. David A. Spain Statement
• AAST Ethics Statement - 3/31/2020

#AAST2020 COVID-19 Breaking Developments Panel

AAST Multi-Institutional Study

• Hospital course and outcomes of emergency general surgery patients admitted during the COVID era
  • Study PI: Marc de Moya
  • Study Protocol
  • Study Design
  • Study Collection Form

AAST Journal Articles

• TSACO

  • Michetti CP, Burlew CC, Bulger EM the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, et al, Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020;5:e000482. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000482

  • Kemp MT, Williams AM, Alam HB. eClinic: increasing use of telehealth as a risk reduction strategy during the covid-19 pandemic. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020;5:e000481. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000481

  • Pieracci FM, Burlew CC, Spain D, et al. Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020;5:e000498. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498

• JTACS
  • COVID-19 Special Reports - reports are listed on the right side of this page
  • Moore, Hunter B. MD, PhD; Barrett, Christopher D. MD; Moore, Ernest E. MD; McIntyre, Robert C. MD; Moore, Peter K. MD; Talmor, Daniel S. MD; Moore, Frederick A. MD; Yaffe, Michael B. MD, PhD Is there a role for tissue plasminogen activator as a novel treatment for refractory COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome?, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: April 22, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002694

Other Journal Articles

• COVID-19 Prevention Handbook 
• COVID-19 in China 
• COVID-19 Outbreak and Surgical Practice: Unexpected Fatality in Perioperative Period 
• Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes of 1591 Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to ICUs of the Lombardy Region, Italy
• Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

AAST Palliative Care Committee Resources

• AAST Palliative Care COVID Training Guide
• UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine On-Page Resource for COVID-19
• AAST Webinar: "Difficult Conversations Surrounding COVID-19"

Partner Societies

• COT
  • COT Chair Dr. Eileen Bulger Statement
• EAST (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma)
  • EAST President, Dr. A. Britton Christmas, Message
  • EAST Resources
• SCCM (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 Resources
  • SCCM Emergency Resources: COVID-19
• PTS (Panamerican Trauma Society)
  • Weekly webinars - The next webinar is May 20, 2020.  To register, click here. Global Response to COVID-19

    Webinar 1 - 3/18/20	Webinar 5 - 4/15/20	Webinar 9 - 5/13/20	Webinar 13 - 6/10/20
    Webinar 2 - 3/25/20	Webinar 6 - 4/22/20	Webinar 10 - 5/20/20
    Webinar 3 - 4/1/20	Webinar 7 - 4/29/20	Webinar 11 - 5/27/20
    Webinar 4 - 4/8/20	Webinar 8 - 5/6/20	Webinar 12 - 6/3/20

• ACS (American College of Surgeons)
  • American College of Surgeons Resources for the Surgical Community
  • ACS COT Guidance Statement on Maintaining Access to Care in Response to COVID-19
• STN (Society of Trauma Nurses)
  • Society of Trauma Nurses COVID-19 Resources
• SCCPDS (Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society)
  • SCCPDS (Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society) Recommendations

National Institution Recommendations

• DoD COVID-19 Practice Management Guide
• NASEM (National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine) Crisis Standards of Care
• CDC-COVID-19 for Healthcare Professionals
• TRACIE Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway
• NIH COVID Treatment Guidelines
• FEMA Healthcare Resilience Task Force - COVID Hospital Resource Package

Additional Resources

• UW Medicine COVID-19 Resource Site
• John Hopkins COVID Resources
• PubMed LitCOVID Site
• BMJ Coronavirus Hub
• Fast Literature Updates
• Brigham & Women's Health COVID-19 Resources
• Z-Medica May 19th Webinar 
• Z-Medica June 25th Webinar

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