Coronavirus

List two other types of coronaviruses which have caused outbreaks of disease in humans (0.5 marks for each correct definition; maximum 1 mark).

You call this patient’s family to update them on his management plan, at his request and with his consent.

Describe two public health prevention methods that they can use to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (0.5 marks for each correct answer; maximum 1 mark).

In resus, this patient is titrated on supplementary oxygen to maintain his oxygen saturations. His portable chest x-ray shows features of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He is managed as having suspected COVID-19.

Other than this patient’s development of respiratory complications, list two specific life-threatening complications of COVID-19? (0.5 marks for each correct definition; maximum 1 mark).