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cord-312847-2cg3ylfl	Carter, Chris	COVID-19 Disease: assessment of a critically ill patient	2020-06-01		.txt	text/plain	5888	347	48	Abstract With the major scale up of critical care services to respond to the increasing numbers of patients with severe COVID-19 infection, nurses need to be able to rapidly assess patients. In this article, the assessment of a patient with suspected or confirmed severe COVID-19 has been presented initially from a ward perspective, followed by that of critical care, using the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability and Exposure (ABCDE) approach. In this article, the assessment of a patient with suspected or confirmed severe COVID-19 has been presented initially from a ward perspective initially, followed by critical care. Essential physiological observations for these patients are respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, conscious level using the Alert, Confused, Voice, Pain and Unresponsive (AVPU) or Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scale, pain score and urine output. 20 Pulse oximetry readings do not provide information about respiratory rate, tidal volume, cardiac output or blood pressure, therefore assessment, monitoring and recording of these additional observations is essential.	./cache/cord-312847-2cg3ylfl.txt	./txt/cord-312847-2cg3ylfl.txt