Open AccessExploring and managing psychiatric symptoms in ICU healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: a focused review and guideline
Author(s) -
Ashish Sarangi,
Dalynn Kim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the southwest respiratory and critical care chronicles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2325-9205
DOI - 10.12746/swrccc.v9i41.853
Subject(s) - pandemic , health care , covid-19 , guideline , intensive care unit , adaptation (eye) , nursing , health professionals , unit (ring theory) , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , political science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics education , pathology , neuroscience , law
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the healthcare system and stretched resources thin. The impact on healthcare staff working in the intensive care unit setting has been especially devastating.
Objective: To conduct a review of the impact of the pandemic on healthcare personnel in the intensive care unit setting in the hope of utilizing information gathered to inform various stakeholders.
Design: Focused literature and abstract review
Conclusion: This article seeks to highlight the association between critical care as it relates to trauma and COVID-19 and point stakeholders toward opportunities for anticipating and managing secondary effects in effort to promote psychological adaptation.