COVID-19

Journal articles and reports

Compliance on hold

As health care facilities scrambled to expand patient capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic, fire and life safety code compliance took a back seat. Should that worry us?
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Disaster resiliency of U.S. local governments: Insights to strengthen local response and recovery from the COVID‐19 pandemic

Local governments are innovating and taking strategic actions to fight the virus, even as COVID-19 has exposed social inequities that are exacerbated as the virus spreads. All levels of government must recognize and account for these inequities as threat of this virus subsides, to support stronger, more effective readiness for the next biological catastrophe.
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Emergency management and COVID-19

The pandemic is a make-or-break test of crisis response preparation and is likely to be the first of many global crises. We shouldn’t just be dealing with this one, but preparing for the next.
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Five keys for leading in crisis

People need someone to follow when the path is treacherous and unknown. The COVID-19 pandemic should and can be the best leadership performance of your life.
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Lockdown exit strategies: Supply chain dimensions

Supply chain disruption is a major risk as consumption rises.
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Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19; a narrative review for emergency providers

Synthesizes the available treatments for COVID-19 in the literature in order to provide a resource for health care professionals.
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Unintended consequences: Opioid deaths on the rise in Canada amid the COVID-19 pandemic

While Canada’s number of new daily COVID-19 cases has been dropping, the death toll from another ongoing public health crisis is rising. In recent months, provinces and territories across Canada began reporting a growing number of opioid-related deaths.
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