Section Name Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: COVID-19 The Basics URL Introduction to COVID-19

This introductory video training was created and presented by Jacqueline Christianson, MSN, FNP-C, and was begun as she was working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City as a registered nurse practitioner in April 2020, a NYC peak time of COVID-19. Please begin this course by viewing the video posted below as it provides an overview of the discussions in the course.

 

 

URL How Coronaviruses Work

Wacht the entire video.

URL Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Comprehensive Review of Clinical Presentation

Read from 'Introduction' to 'Clinical Presentation in Specific Population'

URL COVID-19 in special populations

Read the entire article.

URL Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors, and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Pregnancy: Living Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Read the entire webpage

URL Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Read the entire article.

URL COVID-19: Epidemiology, Virology and Clinical Features

Read the entire page.

Module 1: Lesson 2: Initial Considerations for Frontline Healthcare Workers URL COVID-19 and Unique Challenges in Rural Communities

Read the entire webpage.

URL Facility Readiness Assessment for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Read the entire document to learn about how to evaluate your facility readiness for COVID-19.

URL Considerations for Integrating Infection Prevention and Control into National Pandemic Preparedness and Response Planning for Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Read the entire document to learn more preparedness and response planning for COVID-19

URL Community Mitigation

Watch the video and read the entire page. You can click on the links to find relevant information in your area of expertise.

URL Home care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and management of their contacts

Read all the document

URL Minimising Nosocomial Infections in the NHS

Read the first four pages in detail, then skim through the pictures on the remaining pages.

URL Infection prevention and control in the context of COVID-19: a guideline

Read 'Section 1.3'  (pgs 15-18), 'Part 1: Health-care settings' (pgs 26-29), 'Mask use for source control' (pgs 38-50) and 'Section 3.3' (pgs 65-73).

Module 2: Lesson 1: Physical Protection for Healthcare Workers URL Decontamination and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators

Read the entire article.

URL N-95 Respirator Extension of Use and Reuse

The article recommends practices for extending the use and reuse of N-95 respirator masks.

Read the entire article. 

URL Persistence of Coronaviruses on Inanimate Surfaces and their Inactivation with Biocidal Agents

This article communicates the importance of and methods for surface decontamination of coronaviruses.

Read the entire document.

URL Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care when COVID-19 is Suspected

This document, produced by the World Health Organization, discusses infection prevention and control strategies for COVID-19. 

Read the entire document.

URL Optimizing supply of PPE and other equipment during shortages

Read the entire article.

URL OSHA's Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
OSHA's guidelines on workplace practices for front-facing workers caring for both confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients.

Read the entire document. 
Module 2: Lesson 2: Mental Health Protection for Healthcare Workers URL Managing Healthcare Workers' Stress Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak

This article lists methods to manage the stress that healthcare workers experience and strategies to deal with medical and personal demands.

Read the entire document.

URL Six Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Stress

Read the entire page.

URL Ethical Guidance for Pandemic Nursing

This is a free webinar presented by Sigma Theta Tau on ethical frameworks and challenges experienced by health care workers in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click on the name of the webinar provided above. You will be taken to the registration screen. Enter your registration information into the fields on the registration screen and click “register”. You will then be directed to the webinar. View the entire presentation.

Module 2: Lesson 3: Primary Prevention by Immunization Against COVID 19 URL Prevention and Control Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Read Control Strategies of Coronavirus Infection.

URL SARS-CoV-2 pre-exposure prophylaxis: A potential COVID-19 preventive strategy for high-risk populations, including healthcare workers, immunodeficient individuals, and poor vaccine responders

Read from 'High risk population for COVID-19' to 'Conclusion'.

URL Immunogenicity and Safety of a Recombinant Adenovirus Type-5-Vectored COVID-19 Vaccine in Healthy Adults Aged 18 Years or Older: a Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial

Read the entire article.

URL Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates

Read the entire article

URL Safety and Immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2: a Preliminary Report of a Phase 1/2, Single-Blind, Randomised Controlled Trial

Read the entire article.

Module 2: Lesson 4: Additional Precautions URL Duration of isolation and precautions for adults with COVID-19

Read the entire article.

URL Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)

Read the first table of the website, and then read categories IA and IB from each of the following tables.

Module 3: Lesson 1: Risks Factors for Contracting COVID-19 URL Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors for COVID-19: Results from UK Biobank

This study classifies demographic, lifestyle, socioeconomic, and clinical factors in modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19.

Read the entire document.


URL Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients in the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre Primary Care Network: a Cross-Sectional Study

This resource evaluates risk factors for COVID 19 infection.
Read the entire article.

URL Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19

Read from 'What you need to know' to the end of 'Summary of Conditions with Evidence' and from 'Considerations for Patients Within Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups' to the end of 'Key Findings from One Large Cross-Sectional Study'.

URL Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Cancer and COVID-19

Read the entire page

Module 3: Lesson 2: Screening and Evaluation URL Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2
Read from ' Test Types' to 'Vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 testing'.
URL Evaluating the Accuracy of Different Respiratory Specimens in the Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring the Viral Shedding of 2019-nCoV Infections

This study explores the accuracy of various laboratory tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. 

Read the abstract and discussion sections of the article. For additional, optional learning, read the entire article.

URL Testing for COVID-19

Read the entire webpage.

URL Contact Tracing

Read from ' Terms to Know' to 'Engineering Design Process Overview ' and 'Plan a Contact Tracing Interview '.

URL The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Gaucher disease: Effect of both a pandemic and a rare disease that disrupts the immune system

Read from 'Methods' to the end of 'Conclusions'.

URL Modeling the Onset of Symptoms of COVID-19

Read the entire document.

URL Symptom Clusters in Covid19: A Potential Clinical Prediction Tool from the COVID Symptom Study App

This resource is a pre-print from the King's College in London that proposes six symptom clusters that could be used as a potential clinical prediction tool. Read the entire article.

Module 3: Lesson 3: Additional Testing URL Johns Hopkins COVID- 19 Guide

Read the section of the article labeled "CLINICAL". You can access this section by opening the link provided and clicking the word "CLINICAL" on the left-hand side of the screen.

URL Absolute Lymphocyte Count is a Prognostic Marker in Covid‐19: A Retrospective Cohort Review

Read the sections Abstract and Discussion.

URL Can We Predict the Severity of COVID-19 with a Routine Blood Test?

This article provides an overview of the association of markers in routine blood tests with the severity of COVID-19.

Read the entire article.

Module 4: Lesson 1: Available Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19 URL Pharmacological interventions to prevent Covid‐19 disease: A rapid review

Read from 'Introduction' to 'Discussion'.

URL Antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2

Read from ' Background' to 'Challenges in Clinical Practice'.

URL Immune-based therapeutic approaches in COVID-19

Read from 'Introduction' to the end of 'Cell-based therapy: mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)'.

URL Perspective Adjunctive Therapies for COVID-19: Beyond Antiviral Therapy

Read the entire article.

URL Azithromycin in Addition to Standard of Care Versus Standard of Care Alone in the Treatment of Patients Admitted to the Hospital with Severe COVID-19 in Brazil (COALITION II): a Randomised Clinical Trial

Read the abstract

URL Drug Treatments for Covid-19: Living Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

This living systematic review and network meta-analysis compare the effects of treatments used for COVID 19
Read the sections: Abstract, Effects of the Interventions, and Discussion.

URL Strengthening Immunity Through Healthy Lifestyle Practices: Recommendations for Lifestyle Interventions in the Management of COVID‐19

Read the entire article to understand recommendation specific evidence‐based lifestyle intervention measures that should be considered in the management of COVID‐19.

Module 4: Lesson 2: Oxygenation and Ventilation URL COVID-19 Vent Tip Sheet

Read the entire article.

URL Oxygenation and Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients
Read 'Escalation to invasive ventilation' and 'Things that may be different '.
URL Ventilator Management: Essential Skills for Non-ICU Nurses Course

This 60-minute webinar on ventilator management for non-ICU nurses is free for both members and non-members of the American Nurses Association. 

To enroll, click the name of the webinar provided above. You will be taken to the registration page. 

Complete registration for the webinar by checking the box for the first presentation titled Ventilator Management: Essential Skills for Non-ICU Nurses Course and fill in the registration information fields. Finally, click the grey “register” button at the bottom of the registration fields and view the training. 

URL Ventilatory Management of COVID-19-related ARDS: Stick to Basics and Infection Control
Read the entire article.
Module 4: Lesson 3: Rapid Sequence Induction Medications File Rapid Sequence Induction Quick Guide

This brief resource quickly reviews the procedure for rapid sequence intubation. 

Read the entire document.

File Illustrated Guide for Rapid Sequence Intubation

This guide explores rapid sequence intubation for providers in settings with limited staff and supplies. 

Read the entire document. 

File Rapid Sequence Intubation for Adults Outside the Operating Room

This resource explores the procedure of rapid sequence intubation outside the operating room. 

Read the entire document.

Module 4: Lesson 4: Complications of COVID-19 URL COVIDprotocols.org: A New Approach to Developing Clinical Guidelines During a Crisis
Read the entire webpage.

URL Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19
Read from 'Demographic Factors' to the end of 'Key Findings from One Large Cross-Sectional Study'.
URL Triage decisions for ICU admission: Report from the Task Force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Read '1. Background' and from '4. Who will benefit from admission to the ICU?' to 'Key Points'.

URL Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Read the entire article.

URL Advice for the public: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Read the entire webpage.

URL Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY

This large cohort study reviews the factors associated with COVID-19-related death
Read until the section Methods.

URL The Pathogenesis and Treatment of the ‘Cytokine Storm’ in COVID-19

A Journal of Infection pre-proof.

URL Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 million adult NHS patients.

Read the entire document.

URL Change in the Incidence of Stillbirth and Preterm Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Click on 'Download PDF', and read the entire article

URL COVID-19 Critical Illness Prediction Tool (COVID-GRAM)

Explore the calculator

URL ROX Index to Predict Risk of Intubation

Explore the calculator

Module 4: Lesson 5: Comprehensive Treatment Protocols URL National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel: Perspectives and Lessons Learned
Read from 'What We Have Learned About COVID-19 Therapy' to the end of 'Future Directions for Therapy'.
URL COVIDprotocols.org: A New Approach to Developing Clinical Guidelines During a Crisis
Read the entire webpage.
URL Types of COVID-19 Treatment
Read from 'Key points' to 'Acessing Treatment' and 'Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (Medication for Preventing COVID-19)'.
URL What's New in the Guidelines (Last updated: July 30, 2020)

Read the entire page to learn about the most recent recommendations and updates for COVID-19 Treatment

URL Q&As on COVID-19 and Related Health Topics

What should I do with a pregnant patient? What types of viruses exist? Explore the entire website and links to find answers to these and more common questions about COVID-19.

URL Management of Cervical Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Challenge for Developing Countries

Read the entire document

URL Evaluation and management considerations for neonates at risk for COVID-19

Read the entire article.

URL Clinical questions about COVID-19 : questions and answers

Read from 'If a previously infected person....and tested for SARS-CoV-2?' to 'If an infected person....do they need a test of cure?', 'Drugs and Investigational Therapies' to 'Should angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is)....patients with COVID-19?'..

Module 4: Lesson 6: Long-term Recovery URL Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19

Read the entire article.

URL Persistent Positivity and Fluctuations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Clinically-Recovered COVID-19 Patients

Read the entire article.

URL COVID-19 Cardiac Injury: Implications for Long-Term Surveillance and Outcomes in Survivors

Read the entire article.

Module 4 Assessment: Case Studies URL Covid-19 Rx: Treatment Simulations
Explore the page and click on a case study to start.
Module 5: Lesson 1: Consideration of Effort Cessation URL Palliative Nursing
Read the entire article.
URL Bringing into focus treatment limitation and DNACPR decisions: How COVID-19 has changed practice

Read the entire article.

URL European Resuscitation Council COVID-19 Guidelines

Read the entire article.

URL Recommended Practices to Mitigate Grief

Scroll down and read from the title "Recommended Practices to Mitigate Grief" to the end of the article.

URL Resuscitation Council UK Statement on COVID-19 in relation to CPR and resuscitation in acute hospital settings

Read 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8 and 2.11.

Module 6: Lesson 1: Understanding Scientific Evidence to Improve the Care of COVID-19 Patients URL Types of Study Designs

Read the entire page

URL Evidence-Based Medicine: Levels of Evidence

Read the entire website

URL 12 Cognitive Biases That Can Impact Search Committee Decisions

Read the entire document.

Module 6: Lesson 2: Public Health Responses to COVID-19 URL The UK’s Public Health Response to COVID-19

Click on the graph and read about different policy responses for COVID-19 around the world. Then read the rest of the document to learn about how experts evaluate the UK's response to COVID-19.

URL COVID-19 Projections

Select the countries of your interest and explore the projections based on mandates easing and universal masks use.

URL A Guide to WHO’s Guidance on COVID-19

Read the entire webpage.

URL COVID-19 Facts to Billions via WhatsApp

This resource provides COVID-19 information for government leaders, health workers, and the public in general in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Optional Module: Lesson 1: A Global Perspective on COVID-19 URL COVID-19: Five Contrasting Public Health Responses to the Epidemic

This article communicates and contrasts the COVID-19 responses of five countries. 

Read the entire article.

URL The UK’s public health response to covid-19
Read the entire document
URL COVID-19 Projections

Select the countries of your interest and explore the projections based on mandates easing and universal masks use

URL A guide to WHO’s guidance on COVID-19

Read the entire webpage.

URL COVID-19 Emergency Response – Lessons from China (Part I)

This podcast includes a conversation with Dr. Cheng, who shares strategies that emergency departments and healthcare systems around the world can implement to prepare for COVID-19 patient surges. Dr. Cheng's recommendations are based on his experiences combating the virus in Wuhan, China.

Listen to the entire podcast.

Optional Module: Lesson 2: Resources to Stay Current URL COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

An interactive map tool with frequently updated data on illness, death, and recovery rates for COVID-19.

View the information provided in this link.

Module: 8 Lesson 1: Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19 URL COVID-19 and addiction

Read the entire article. (22 minutes)

NCBI-2020

URL Substance use during the pandemic
Read the First Three Paragraphs and from 'The relationship between the pandemic and drug use' section until the end.
URL Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 24–30, 2020

Read the entire article. (46 minutes)

CDC-2020

URL COVID-19 questions and answers : for people who use drugs or have substance use disorder
Read from 'Am I at higher risk for COVID-19 infection if I use drugs?' to 'What should I do if I have substance use disorder and no longer have access to my treatment program?', 'The stress of the pandemic is making me want to start drinking alcohol or using drugs again' and 'I am still using drugs. How can I lower my risk of COVID-19?'.
URL Caring for Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Read the content under the heading "The Symptoms of Alcohol or Drug Withdrawal may Mimic Symptoms of COVID-19", on pages 4-5, and "Discharge of Patients with COVID-19 and Addiction" on pages 10-11. (10 minutes)

ASAM

URL COVID-19 and Addiction | What Can Family and Friends Do to Help?

Watch the entire video (2 minutes).

NIH-2020

URL Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Time of COVID Webinar, January 28, 2021

Watch the entire video (1 hour).

URL New Evidence on Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19 Susceptibility

Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

NIH-2020