Covid-19 Infection
PICS has created this page to post information on Covid-19 infection relevant to the paediatric critical care community.
PICS is working with Simon Kenny (National Clinical Director), RCPCH, NHS England, and the National Emergency Critical Care Committee to advise on Covid policy relevant to critically ill children and to co-ordinate planning with our key partners.
On this page of our website we will aim to post up to date and relevant guidance, but please remember to check the Public Health England webpages for up to date general guidance on covid-19 infection (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance)
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us via pccsadmin@pccsociety.uk or president@pccsociety.uk
PCCS Guidance
PICS Resuscitation FAQs (Covid-19)
PICS Critical Care Guidance on PIMS-TS (Paediatric Inflammatory Multi-system Syndrome – temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2) Updated 14 May 2020
PICS Guidance on managing drug shortages in paediatric critical care (covid-19) Updated 22 April 2020
PICU Nursing ratios guidance (Covid-19) Updated 16 April 2020
Paediatric Airway Management Guidance (Covid-19) including Airway Management Checklist Updated 4 April 2020
PICS/PICANet modelling for minimum number of UK PICU beds required during the Covid-19 pandemic Updated 4 April 2020
PICS Acute Transport Group Transport Guidance (Covid-19) Updated 17 Mar 2020
PICS Guidance on management of critically ill children with Covid-19 infection Updated 14 Mar 2020
PICS/ICS Joint position statement on planning for Covid-19 Updated 12 Mar 2020
External Links
NHSE/PHE guidance
NICE guidance
Nursing regulatory guidance
Ethical guidance
UK expert resources
Resuscitation paediatric guidance (Resus Council)
Respiratory guidance (British Paediatric Respiratory Society)
ICS guidance on video communications with patients/relatives
European/Global expert resources
European/Global expert resources
Surviving Sepsis Guidance for covid-19 (SSC)
Nursing Guidance (ESPNIC)
Respiratory management Consensus Guidance (PEMVECC, ESPNIC)
Different treatments for different phenotypes of covid infection (ESICM, Gattinoni)