id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-329350-qrxl5o1e Pan, Angelo Suggestions from Cremona, Italy - two months into the pandemic at the frontline of COVID-19 in Europe 2020-06-09 .txt text/plain 1662 107 56 We have had to care for high numbers of severely ill patients with limited resources, i.e. ventilators and specialists in respiratory failure management, often with a lack of health-care workers (HCW): a terrible situation. 1. Education first: it is difficult to organize continuing HCW education in an emergency setting, but it is necessary to implement courses on infection control and prevention (ICP) and on COVID-19 management. HCW need to be rapidly updated on necessary competencies required to manage highly infectious patients with respiratory failure. C. COVID-19 management: "fast and dirty" courses on should be organized on general principles of respiratory insufficiency, blood gas analysis, oxygen therapy, venous thromboembolism prevention, antivirals and anti-inflammatory drugs use (7) . while waiting for possible new waves, we are working on education on PPE, HH, and ventilation, and programming how to dedicate general ward and ICU to manage new COVID-19 patients. ./cache/cord-329350-qrxl5o1e.txt ./txt/cord-329350-qrxl5o1e.txt