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cord-350177-j9wyrfse	Stewart, John A.	ILCOR’s revised Covid-19 defibrillation recommendation requires a new approach to training	2020-11-07		.txt	text/plain	1317	76	34	The new recommendation calls for sending one caregiver into the isolation room in order to initiate bedside monitoring and defibrillate if indicated, while the code team is donning their personal protective equipment. With their recent revision, the International Liaison Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation's (ILCOR's) guidelines reflect these PPE guidelines but also specifically identify defibrillation as unlikely to generate aerosols, consequently recommending that hospitals "consider attempting defibrillation [for patients with tachyarrhythmic arrests] before donning personal protective equipment (PPE) for aerosol generating procedures" and before starting chest compressions [2] -echoing an approach developed in 2003 in response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) crisis [3] . If defibrillation was successful, the code would likely be shortened, thus decreasing the risk of Covid-19 transmission to caregivers while also giving the patient a decent chance to survive. Focused defibrillation training promises to decrease confusion and delay in Covid-19 resuscitation efforts. Abbreviations PPE: Personal protective equipment; AGP: Aerosol generating procedure; ILCOR: International liaison committee on cardiopulmonary resuscitation	./cache/cord-350177-j9wyrfse.txt	./txt/cord-350177-j9wyrfse.txt