Publications by authors named "Claire E Figi"
Background: Heat strain and dehydration can affect an individual's physical and mental performance. The purpose of this review was to examine the literature for the impact of heat strain on health care workers (HCWs) who care for patients with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), discuss the risks of impaired safety caused by heat strain and dehydration in HCID environments, identify attempts to combat PPE-related heat strain, recognize limitations, and provide suggestions for further research.
Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed or MEDLINE and Google Scholar.
Article Synopsis
- In 2019, a team reviewed air medical evacuation for high-consequence pathogen patients, and following the COVID-19 pandemic, they re-evaluated recent literature to identify innovations in this area.
- They searched PubMed/MEDLINE for publications from February 2019 to October 2021, eventually finding 19 relevant studies that highlighted early COVID-19 transports using existing protocols from Ebola virus cases.
- Findings noted advancements in preflight, in-flight, and postflight procedures, emphasizing the need for further research into isolation units and systems for transporting multiple patients.