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Queen’s-KHSC team develop in-house COVID-19 test

kvd1 — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 03:02:00 +0000

Testing is key to containment and management of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Yet, the costs, availability, and current timelines for testing have challenged health-care systems worldwide.

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Kingston Health Sciences Centre

This is EPIC: Simulation Education with Patient Actors to Improve Care

kvd1 — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:54:22 +0000

Monakshi Sawhney

Simulation education, using standardized patient actors, is a unique way to provide education in health care settings to practicing clinicians. It is an opportunity to practice assessment skills and critical thinking in a safe environment that mimics the patient care setting. Our team implemented this concept at a hospital in Toronto, with a focus on researching the outcomes of a simulation intervention for nurses who care for patients receiving epidural analgesia for pain management after surgery. This photograph depicts the real-to-life patient care environment that was created for this study.

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Education and Research Centre, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

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KGHRI Prize

Submission Year:

2019-20

Racing for air

kvd1 — Mon, 04 May 2020 04:22:00 +0000

The team's device is comprised of more common or easily-sourced components.

Any other time, having two weeks to design and prototype a respiratory ventilator that can outmatch those created by hundreds of international teams would be a daunting task. These days, however, the stakes are much, much higher than bragging rights.

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Queen’s donates personal protection equipment

kvd1 — Mon, 04 May 2020 04:20:00 +0000

Faculty members and research labs across ��˴�Ƭ University recently donated 900 N95 masks, 600 surgical masks, and 300 gowns as well as approximately 500 face shields.

Queen’s University has donated thousands of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) items to help protect frontline healthcare workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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A team effort to help protect healthcare workers

kvd1 — Mon, 04 May 2020 04:17:00 +0000

Students and faculty members from the School of Medicine are helping lead a drive to boost supplies of personal protection equipment (PPE) for local healthcare workers. From left: Megan Singh; Zuhaib Mir; Jeremy Babcock; Matthew Snow; and Cesia Quintero (Photo by Saif Elmaghraby)

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