International cooperation group of emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carlos YanezMarcelo Augusto Fontenelle Ribeiro JuniorHenrique AlexandrinoPiotr KoledaSérgio Faria BaptistaMohammad AzfarSalomone Di SaverioLuca PonchiettiAntonio GüemesJuan L BlasCarlos MesquitaPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2020)
Surgical team members have responded with leadership to the COVID-19 pandemic, with crisis management principles. Social media and videoconference have been used by the vast majority to access guidelines or to communicate during social distancing. The level of adoption of current recommendations is high for organizational aspects and surgical management, but not so for PPE training and availability, and anesthesiologic considerations.