COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and all providers must be prepared to recognize, stabilize and treat patients with novel coronavirus infection. Following completion of this short course physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals will have a unified, evidenced-based approach to saving the lives of patients with COVID-19, including those who are critically ill.
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COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers
Stanford UniversityAbout this Course
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Approx. 8 hours to complete
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Subtitles: English, Vietnamese
What you will learn
Learn key features of COVID-19 and common presenting symptoms.
Prevent COVID-19 transmission to healthcare providers and other individuals.
Assess and give immediate care to patients in acute respiratory distress to prevent worsening.
Provide advanced management and stabilization of patients in severe respiratory distress, including early ventilator management.
Skills you will gain
- emergency/critical care
- respiratory distress
- infection prevention
- ventilator management
- covid-19 diagnosis and treatment
Learner Career Outcomes
17%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Approx. 8 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English, Vietnamese
Offered by
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
MODULE 1: COVID-19 Key Features, PPE and Vaccines
In this module, you will learn the clinical signs of COVID-19 infection in patients and how to properly use personal protective equipment to reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure.
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 40 min), 1 reading, 7 quizzes
2 hours to complete
MODULE 2: Clinical Assessment of COVID-19 Patients
In this module, you will learn how to evaluate any sick patient including children. An optional Telehealth module is available as well.
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 53 min)
1 hour to complete
MODULE 3: Diagnostic Assessment of COVID-19 Patients
In this module, you will learn to use bedside diagnostic ultrasound to evaluate COVID-19 patients as well as the utility of other common diagnostic tests.
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 29 min)
1 hour to complete
MODULE 4: Early Treatment of the Dyspneic COVID-19 Patient
In this module, you will learn about positioning, different types of oxygen therapy, and therapeutics for patients with suspected COVID-19.
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 35 min)
1 hour to complete
MODULE 5: Advanced Treatment of the Severely Dyspneic COVID-19 Patient
In this module, you will learn advanced airway management techniques including bag mask ventilation, endotracheal intubation, and the use of medications in intubated patients.
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 41 min)
1 hour to complete
MODULE 6: Initial Ventilator Management and Troubleshooting in COVID-19 Patients
In this module, you will learn how to initiate ventilator management and identify complications in intubated COVID-19 patients.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 29 min), 2 readings, 6 quizzes
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM COVID-19 TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
by EEMay 31, 2021
Wonderful thank you. Full of great tips, well illustrated and explained systematic approach to patients with varying degrees of illness. This has increased my confidence to handle COVID-19 patients.
by NLJan 25, 2021
I love this course because it helped me a lot in understanding Covid-19 and what are the different managements that can be applied on a daily basis at work. Thank you so much for this wonderful CE!
by FKOct 21, 2020
The course was extremely helpful and informative. It was perfectly balanced between use of pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological interventions used for the management of COVID-19 patients.
by JAJan 12, 2021
I highly recommend to all, this course is not just for medical professionals. In this time of pandemic we should learn how to identify if the person has a covid-19 and what we can do to help them.
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