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Ribeiro MAF, DE-Campos T, Lima DS, et al. The trauma and acute care surgeon in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Rev Col Bras Cir. 2020;47:e20202576doi: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576.
Ribeiro, M. A. F., DE-Campos, T., Lima, D. S., Marttos-Jr, A. C., & Pereira, B. M. (2020). The trauma and acute care surgeon in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes, 47e20202576. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576
Ribeiro, Marcelo Augusto Fontenelle, et al. "The trauma and acute care surgeon in the COVID-19 pandemic era." Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes vol. 47 (2020): e20202576. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576
Ribeiro MAF, DE-Campos T, Lima DS, Marttos-Jr AC, Pereira BM. The trauma and acute care surgeon in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Rev Col Bras Cir. 2020;47:e20202576. doi: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576. Epub 2020 May 15. Portuguese. PMID: 32428069.
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Rev Col Bras Cir. 2020;47:e20202576. doi: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576. Epub 2020 May 15.

The trauma and acute care surgeon in the COVID-19 pandemic era.

Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

[Article in Portuguese]
Marcelo Augusto Fontenelle Ribeiro, Tercio DE-Campos, Daniel Souza Lima, Antonio C Marttos-Jr, Bruno M Pereira

Affiliations

  1. Hospital Moriah, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  2. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  3. Instituto Dr. José Frota, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
  4. Ryder Trauma Center, Acute Care & Trauma Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  5. Grupo Surgical, Campinas, SP, Brasil.

PMID: 32428069 DOI: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20202576

Abstract

The World Health Organization recognized in March 2020 the existence of a pandemic for the new coronavirus that appeared in China, in late 2019, and whose disease was named COVID-19. In this context, the SBAIT (Brazilian Society of Integrated Care for Traumatized Patients) conducted a survey with 219 trauma and emergency surgeons regarding the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the role of the surgeon in this pandemic by means of an electronic survey. It was observed that surgeons have been acting under inadequate conditions, with a lack of basic supplies as well as more specific equipment such as N95 masks and facial shields for the care of potential victims who may be contaminated. The latter increases the risk of contamination of professionals, resulting in potential losses in the working teams. Immediate measures must be taken to guarantee access to safety equipment throughout the country, since all trauma victims and/or patients with emergency surgical conditions must be treated as potential carriers of COVID-19.

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