Event Medical Media Scan – May 2021 Edition

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Foreword

As much of the country are in the 3rd wave of COVID with “circuit breakers” restrictions in place, the likelihood of mass gathering this summer is looking more remote by day. The pent up demand could make the 2022 season busier than ever.

This version of EMMS looks into the usual guidance and educational sessions that are open to the public. We also look at events being hosted in the UK – specifically under the British Government’s Events Research Programme into how mass gatherings may be held safely again. Take a few moments to read and learn!

Webinar

Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1500 PDT

Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series (Society of Critical Care Medicine)

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5595693260792748043

Podcast

COVID-19: Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (April 24, 2021)

https://www.idsociety.org/multimedia/podcasts/covid-19-vaccine-induced-immune-thrombotic-thrombocytopenia-april-24-2021/

Guidance

Sanford Guide on COVID
https://webedition.sanfordguide.com/en/sanford-guide-online/disease-clinical-condition/coronavirus

Diagnosing COVID-19: Accuracy of Clinical Signs and Symptoms
https://www.cochrane.org/sites/default/files/public/uploads/signs_and_symptoms_-_final-_28_april.pdf

Operationalizing COVID-19 testing: Who, what, when, where, why, and how
https://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/03/02/ccjm.87a.ccc048?cct=2319

IDSA Rapid Communication: SARS-CoV-2 Variant Testing
https://www.amp.org/AMP/assets/File/clinical-practice/COVID/AMP_RC_VariantTestingforSARSCOV2_4_28_21.pdf?pass=91

Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with High Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Providers
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-care/underlyingconditions.html

Screening for and Managing At-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) During COVID-19
https://tools.cep.health/tool/managing-at-risk-drinking-and-alcohol-use-disorder-aud-during-covid-19/

Events

The Events Research Programme is the UK’s government way of assessing the risks and impact of mass gathering in the COVID and post-COVID world.  Several events including rave, sports event, music festival and business conference have been held as a trial for potentially bigger events to return.

While some of those are being held, others are being cancelled. The Great North Run, the world’s largest half marathon may be forced to cancel because of the difficulty in obtaining insurance coverage. The CEO of Aviva, one of the largest insurance provider, claims pandemic coverage will simply not exist after the COVID-19.

Information about the Events Research Programme (ERP), paving the way for larger audiences to attend sport, theatre and gigs safely this summer
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-about-the-events-research-programme-erp-paving-the-way-for-larger-audiences-to-attend-sport-theatre-and-gigs-safely-this-summer

Music Festivals Are Back, But Their Covid Risks Are All on You
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/music-festivals-covid-risks-2021-1156451/

Covid-19: Trial concert in Spain proves big events are possible with precautions
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/124966838/covid19-trial-concert-in-spain-proves-big-events-are-possible-with-precautions

Covid: Packed pilot festival brings the good times back – for one night
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56962231

Masks not required: Trial Liverpool business festival could determine future of large public events
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-04-28/masks-not-required-trial-liverpool-business-festival-could-determine-future-of-large-public-events

Thousands of revelers attend Wuhan music festival
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/thousands-revelers-attend-wuhan-music-festival-2021-05-01/

‘Parasitic’ ticket touts ‘undermining music festivals’ Covid tracing’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/25/parasitic-ticket-touts-undermining-music-festivals-covid-tracing

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Event Medical Media Scan – April 2021 Edition

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Foreword

As Canada enters into the “3rd wave” of COVID, Provinces begin to enact stricter measures in an attempt to control the toll on the healthcare system. The event season is looking less and less likely to happen this summer. However, trials in Europe may provide a proof of concept that could eventually make its way to Canada. This short edition of the EMMS look at various post-COVID mental health guidance, webinar on alcohol use disorder, and the usual clinical resource and vaccine tracker that you may find useful.

Guidance

As the management of the COVID-19 crisis remains the forefront concern – what about those with long-haulers? A summary document on management of mental health concerns from the BC Post COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network.

Mental Health in “Long-COVID” – A Resource for GPs

http://www.phsa.ca/health-info-site/Documents/post_covid-19_Mental_Health_in_Long-COVID_for_GPs.pdf

Webinar

A webinar by the UBC Faculty of Medicine on the rise of alcohol use disorder during the epidemic. Register and tune in!

April 15, 2021 (1830 PDT)

COVID-19 Impact: Dealing with the Hidden Epidemic of Alcohol Use Disorder

https://ubccpd.ca/course/covid19-webinar-april-15-2021

Clinical Resource

Elsevier’s COVID-19 Healthcare Hub

https://elsevier.health/en-US/covid-19/home

Vaccine Tracker

A one stop resource for all things COVID-19 vaccine in this NYTimes tracker.

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html

Mass Gatherings

Shambhala Music Festival, one of BC’s largest music festival, was the first one to announce a 2021 return date, only to officially confirm a postponement to 2022 is inevitable. Meanwhile, several smaller-scale concerts/music festivals have been trialed in various European countries.  Is there any hope that the 2021 event season be salvaged?

Mass Live Concert Offers a Glimpse of Music in Post-Pandemic Era
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-27/mass-live-concert-offers-a-glimpse-of-music-in-post-pandemic-era

Netherlands trials new COVID-19 app at pilot music festivals
https://www.euronews.com/2021/03/21/netherlands-trials-new-covid-19-app-at-pilot-music-festivals

A sold-out music festival aboard a Norwegian cruise ship is set to sail later this year
https://www.businessinsider.com/rock-boat-sold-out-music-festival-cruise-ship-year-2021-3

Covid restrictions: Can music festivals be safely planned?
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-56462200

If the U.S. Can Get Vaccinated by Summer, When Do We Get Concerts Back?
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/vaccine-concerts-live-music-2021-1131665/

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Event Medical Media Scan – March 2021 Edition

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FOREWORD

A year ago, the world plunged into an unprecedented public health emergency with COVID-19. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. Fast forward to March 2021, multiple vaccines have been approved for use in Canada (4 as of time of writing). While uncomfortable, most people have adjusted to the lockdown/stay home safe lives lifestyle. 

As noted in the previous editions of EMMS, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Spain have successfully hosted music festivals. In the United Kingdom, festival organizers are pushing the government to restrict access to music festivals for those who can prove their vaccination status.  As vaccination rates continue to go up, could the traditional summer event season be salvaged? One music festival in the US resorted to asking their guests to sign a COVID-19 liability waiver before attending. 

COVID Resources

Critical Care for the Non-ICU Clinician (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
https://covid19.sccm.org/nonicu/index.asp

COVID-19 Drug Interactions (University of Liverpool)
https://www.covid19-druginteractions.org

GeriMedRisk COVID-19 Drug Table
https://www.gerimedrisk.com/covid-19-drug-table.htm

New tools find COVID patients at highest risk of mechanical ventilation and death
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mgh-ntf022621.php

Annals of Internal Medicine COVID-19 collection
https://www.acpjournals.org/topic/category/coronavirus

Mass gathering

Multiple large music festivals such as the CMA Fest (US), The Great Escape Festival (UK) have announced cancellation, while others continue to hold on to hope that the event will continue. 

The Minister of Health in BC has indicated to the public attending music festivals in the summer will likely not happen.

Elsewhere, the issue of COVID-19 “passport” is being discussed for travel purposes in some jurisdictions. If people have to prove vaccination status before crossing borders, could it lead to ultimately a freedom passport? What are some of the challenges that are bound to come up? 

UK looks at rapid testing to allow return of mass gatherings
https://www.ft.com/content/9b093755-3119-46ef-b5f7-f979a31e1461

Dutch festivals reschedule en masse for September
https://www.iq-mag.net/2021/02/dutch-festivals-reschedule-en-masse-september/

Live Nation CEO Believes U.S. Music Festivals Could Potentially Resume by ‘Mid-Summer’
https://www.complex.com/music/live-nation-ceo-believes-us-music-festivals-could-potentially-resume-by-mid-summer

Reopened festivals and stadiums in England could be used for mass Covid testing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/rapid-covid-testing-key-to-reopening-venues-england-nadhim-zahawi-vaccines-minister

TV/Film Industry

The TV/film industry is relying on private COVID-19 testing to keep the production moving forward. What are the challenges with private testing and are there benefits to the population at large?

COVID supervisors on the challenges of trying to keep Canadian film and TV sets safe
https://www.cp24.com/entertainment-news/covid-supervisors-on-the-challenges-of-trying-to-keep-canadian-film-and-tv-sets-safe-1.5301302

New B.C. lab delivers thousands of rapid COVID tests to keep film industry rolling
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rapid-covid-19-test-keep-film-industry-rolling-1.5915646

Prices for private COVID-19 tests can range from $160 to $1,200, with little oversight of the industry
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/covid19-testing-pcr-antigen-1.5905308

COVID-19 testing, as the film industry does, could be good for all business
https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/covid-19-testing-as-the-film-industry-does-could-be-good-for-all-business/

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Event Medical Media Scan – February 2021 Edition

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FOREWORDS:

As we enter into the 11th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is perhaps getting harder and harder to remember the times when thousands of people gathered together for music festivals, sport events or for civic events like fireworks and parades.   As vaccines roll out continue across Canada, one may start to think: Where will Canada start hosting mass gatherings again? 

Could sniffer dogs (for COVID, not drugs!) be in the future? How about specially designed “bubbles” or pits for patrons? We look back at some of the articles that may give us some insight into the future.

COVID Resources:

The standard feature that requires no introduction. Whether you are interested in science journals or clinical practice tips, we got you covered!

National Institutes of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/whats-new/

BMJ Best Practice: COVID-19
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000201

LitCOVID Systematic Review Daily Report
http://covidlit.spectrumhealth.org

The COVID-NMA initiative: A living mapping and living systematic review of Covid-19 trials
https://covid-nma.com

NEJM: Covid-19 Vaccine Resource Center
https://www.nejm.org/covid-vaccine

Webinar and Events

Contact Music Festival is an annual event for us at Odyssey. Normally held around Christmas time, the 2020 version was obviously cancelled. However, a roof top performance will be live streamed for free this Saturday!

Contact Festival

(Livestream Saturday, Feb 6, 2021 via Twitch)

https://monstercat.streamlink.to/ContactFestival

Supporting the evidence synthesis response to the COVID-19 pandemic

(Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021 via Zoom)
https://campbellcollaboration.org/news-and-events/events/campbell-events/covid-end-webinar.html

Future of Mass Gatherings

While Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan have successfully hosted large music festivals in the past few months, the grim news of event cancellation continues to add up: Glastonbury music festival in the UK, Ultra Music Festival in Miami and Coachella in California are among some of the well-known casualties of the 2021 mass gathering calendar.

Could specially trained sniffer dogs be the future?  How about Adelaide music festival’s approach of stopping the live music when they detected patrons leaving their “bubble” on site? 

Will Covid-19 sniffing dogs allow fans back into sporting events?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/29/covid-sniffing-dogs-super-bowl-miami-heat-sports-stadiums

Primavera Sound trialed a COVID-safe concert in Barcelona without social distancing
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/primavera-sound-covid-concert

‘Not written off yet’: music festivals determined to go ahead amid Covid-19
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/22/not-written-off-yet-music-festivals-determined-to-go-ahead-amid-covid-19

Revellers briefly left their COVID-safe pods to ‘mosh’ at the Adelaide Summer Sounds Festival
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/revellers-mosh-at-covid-safe-adelaide-summer-sounds-festival/13106990

20,000 people in New Zealand attend biggest concert since lockdown
https://www.nme.com/news/music/20000-people-in-new-zealand-attend-biggest-concert-since-lockdown-2859251

COVID Impact

In the UK, the Supreme Court decided insurance companies cannot escape from claims and payouts due to COVID-19 losses. This is the first Commonwealth insurance case dealing with COVID-19 that ended up in the apex court. This could have a huge impact for similar lawsuits that are likely to pop up elsewhere.

As usual, we also picked an article looking at the film and TV industry for which we are now supporting from coast to coast to coast. Have you thought about what the actors/actresses thought about the COVID-19 protocols?

Burnt out but booming: Canada’s TV and film sector plows ahead during the pandemic
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canada-film-tv-covid-19-pandemic-1.5888902

UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2021/01/15/597643.htm

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Event Medical Media Scan – January 2021 Edition

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Foreword

Happy New Year! As “hindsight is 2020”, we welcome the new year knowing multiple approved vaccines for COVID-19 are being rolled out across Canada. While the majority of the population will unlikely to be fully vaccinated until the Fall, some event planners are itching to get their events back on track. Do you think we will be back seeing mass gathering in 2021? If one thing is certain – mass gathering comes with risk that has nothing to do with COVID. For examples, there have been fatalities at both of the music festivals recently concluded in New Zealand.  How will the post-COVID world look at medical teams at mass gatherings?

COVID Resources

As usual, we have gathered some clinical resources you may find useful.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Navigating Medical Emergencies: An interactive guide to patient management
https://navme.royalcollege.ca/EN/index.shtml

American College of Physicians Clinical Guidance
https://assets.acponline.org/coronavirus/scormcontent/?&_ga=2.249941574.1340104029.1584968730-1920325804.1581541687#/

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Australasian College for Emergency Medicine COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines
https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Advancing-Emergency-Medicine/COVID-19/Resources/Clinical-Guidelines

American College of Chest Physicians COVID-19 Clinical Resources
https://www.chestnet.org/Guidelines-and-Resources/COVID-19/Clinical-Resources

COVID-19 Antiviral and Pharmacotherapy Information
https://www.nebraskamed.com/sites/default/files/documents/covid-19/antiviral-and-pharmacotherapy-information.pdf

Live Music Industry

As reported in our last edition of the media scan, Taiwan successfully hosted a large music festival in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak around the world.

New Zealand hosted 2 large music festivals (Hidden Valley Music Festival and Rhythm and Vines Music Festival) in December, and both have unfortunately ended with tragedies with “medical events” unrelated to COVID.

Shambhala, a music festival in BC recently announced they are planning ahead with their August launch. Is it really possible to host a large mass gathering in 2021 in this part of the world?

Live music crowd experiment tests effectiveness of same-day COVID-19 testing
https://djmag.com/news/live-music-crowd-experiment-tests-effectiveness-same-day-covid-19-testing

Music Festivals Return To Australia And New Zealand Following Control Of Coronavirus Spread
https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/09/news/music-festivals-return-to-australia-and-new-zealand-following-control-of-coronavirus-spread/

 ‘It’s really demoralizing.’ COVID-19 crushed Canada’s independent music scene. The recovery is expected to be slow at best
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/27/its-really-demoralizing-covid-19-crushed-canadas-independent-music-scene-the-recovery-is-expected-to-be-slow-at-best.html

Covid Could Be ‘Catastrophic’ for Live Music, Says Ed Sheeran and Lauv’s Live Agent
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/jon-ollier-ed-sheeran-covid-music-op-ed-1104635/

COVID-19 taking heavy toll on B.C.’s working musicians
https://globalnews.ca/news/7504574/bc-coronavirus-live-musicians/

The future of play: Canada’s entertainment industry races to rehearse for post-pandemic encore
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-future-of-play-canada-s-entertainment-industry-races-to-rehearse-for-post-pandemic-encore-1.1538570

FILM PRODUCTION

Odyssey, like many other event medical services providers, pivoted towards providing COVID-19 services for the TV and film industry with all music festivals and large gatherings cancelled.

As the COVID number continues to trend exponentially upward in the US, Canada is increasingly looking attractive to the film/TV industry.  A quick review below on what the BC industry looked like in 2020.

How the pandemic could change film, TV production for good
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/how-the-pandemic-could-change-film-tv-production-for-good-61563121

British Columbia Sees Production Boom During COVID
https://variety.com/2020/film/entertainment-industry/british-columbia-covid-1234844432/

B.C. film industry saw improvements, frustrations following 2020 pandemic shutdown
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-film-industry-saw-improvements-frustrations-following-2020-pandemic-shutdown

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Event Medical Media Scan – December 2020 Edition

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Foreword:

Depending on your perspective, December either came much faster than imagined, or December cannot come soon enough. As we wrap up 2020 and head into the festive season of the year – this year we are looking at a very different holiday landscape as COVID numbers continue to rise across the country. 

This short edition of our media scan continue to focus on clinical resources that you may find useful, and looking at what the future of music festivals and film production might look like. 

We would be remiss if we did not take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful holiday seasons ahead. Be safe and we look forward to (hopefully) seeing you in 2021.

Clinical Resources

Canadian Pharmacists Association COVID-19 Information and Resources
https://www.pharmacists.ca/advocacy/covid-19-information-for-pharmacists/

CPG Infobase: Clinical Practice Guidelines

https://joulecma.ca/cpg/homepage/browse-by/category/conditions/id/488

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) Evidence Portal
https://covid.cadth.ca/

COVID-19 Daily Research Briefs by the American Academy of Family Physicians
https://www.aafp.org/journals/afp/content/covid-briefs.html

Training

COVID Film Certification Launches, Training Hollywood on COVID-19 Best Practices
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/covid-film-certification-launches-training-hollywood-on-covid-19-72042/

Future of Music Festival

Taiwan became the first jurisdiction in the world to host a sanctioned mass gathering/music festival known as the Ultra Music Festival while other countries struggle to contain the outbreak.

What does the future of music festival look like? A rapid screening test at the entrance alongside security?

Boost for music festivals as first rapid testing programme is officially approved
https://www.nme.com/news/music/boost-for-music-festivals-as-first-rapid-testing-programme-is-officially-approved-2825984

How Ticketmaster Plans to Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts: Exclusive
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9481166/ticketmaster-vaccine-check-concerts-plan/

The empty fields of Glastonbury: will a vaccine save Britain’s music festivals?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/spotlight/the-empty-fields-of-glastonbury-will-a-vaccine-save-britains-music-festivals/ar-BB1bhVsN?li=AAnZ9Ug

Future of Film/TV Production

The resumption of TV and film production relies on COVID-19 screening testing of the cast and crew members on set.  There are scenes that makes physical distancing impossible – such as fights, close quarter and intimate scenes. What could be in the horizon for that industry?

Lorraine Bracco and COVID-19 testing make for a different moviemaking experience in Memphis
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/12/01/lorraine-bracco-movies-filmed-in-memphis-jacir-covid-19-waheed-alqawasmi/6402804002/

How the pandemic has expedited innovation within the film industry
https://fortune.com/2020/11/12/led-wall-ilm-lucasfilm-digital-film-production-fortune-brainstorm/

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Event Medical Media Scan – November 2020 Edition

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The links below represent a wide range of topics in news articles, resources, and journal articles. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) identified in the respective articles, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Odyssey Medical, or the author of this blog post.

Foreword:

With Halloween and our semi-annual ritual of clock change behind us, we are now deep into the Fall season. 

The second wave is upon us – numbers across the most populated Provinces of Canada have all been trending upwards. Health officers across the country urge for caution as the worrying trend continues. 

New clinical resources aside; this monthly post focuses on how COVID is affecting healthcare and some of the industries we are supporting.  We hope you find the resources/articles interesting. Stay safe!

clinical RESOURCES

The following links are ‘living’ documents – as we discover more about COVID-19, the treatment available and its idiosyncrasies, you will likely find all the up-to-date information from our of the clinical resources below.

A repository of guidance from the Toronto COVID Collective at the HoPingKong Centre of the Toronto Western Hospital
https://www.torontocovidcollective.com/

COVID-19 Real-Time Learning Network from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
https://www.idsociety.org/covid-19-real-time-learning-network/

Dynamed’s COVID 19 guide
https://www.dynamed.com/condition/covid-19-novel-coronavirus

COVID-19 Evidence Service from University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
https://www.cebm.net/oxford-covid-19-evidence-service/

Cochrane Library: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/collections/doi/SC000040/full

COVID Impact on Healthcare

The impact of COVID to the healthcare system will take years to calculate – resource management on health screenings/elective surgeries, re-deployment of staff to “hot zone” and the cost of all the extra supplies needed to keep everyone safe.

The other side of the same coin is the impact COVID had on the people working in the system. One UK article claimed there are now more nurses died worldwide from COVID than during WW1. This is obviously a startling number and warning to the general public – having all the technology and equipment is great, but we still need the manpower to drive the care of patients.

As case number continues to trend upward – how are healthcare workers coping with the new realities? Several articles below gives you some Canadian, American and European perspectives.

Covid nurse death toll now as high as the number of nurses who died during World War One
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-nurse-death-world-war-one-ww1-b1448185.html

Pandemic’s front-line health-care workers feared, shunned
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/pandemics-front-line-health-care-workers-feared-shunned

Doctors and nurses face abuse as UK coronavirus cases soar but social distancing wanes
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/europe/coronavirus-blackburn-icu-second-wave/index.html

Health workers in pandemics at ‘increased risk’ of poor mental health
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/research-and-innovation/health-workers-in-pandemics-at-increased-risk-of-poor-mental-health-16-10-2020/

Italian nurse on coronavirus duty sees the nightmare return
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-italy-milan-infectious-diseases-europe-25765614b3b934c187cf2a0787ab40f0

Hospitals overwhelmed: Exhausted staffs, surging COVID-19 cases push nation’s limits
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/31/coronavirus-surge-hospitals-nurses-staff-bridge-care-gap/6081153002/

Nurses on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic share their stories
https://hoiabc.com/2020/10/29/special-report-nurses-on-the-frontlines-of-the-covid-pandemic-share-their-stories/

COVID Impact on the industries we support

Film and TV production industries are large economic contributors in the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario. The industry have been able to resume their work largely due to careful COVID-19 planning and testing.  Just exactly what kind of impact are we looking at? The two articles explains in detail.

On the other hand, the music industry have undoubtedly suffered far more serious setback. Without major music festivals or concerts, most musicians have resorted to doing steaming and virtual shows. Understandably such income would be far more limited than a large gig. The UK details the impact of COVID to its industry. 

170,000 jobs in UK’s live music sector ‘will be lost by Christmas’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/21/jobs-uk-live-music-industry-lost-decline-revenues-covid

Hollywood North: B.C. film production recovers to top pre-pandemic levels
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/hollywood-north-bc-film-production-recovers-to-top-pre-pandemic-levels

COVID-19 forced Toronto’s $2.2B film and TV production industry to a grinding halt. With 23 projects now underway, insiders say it’s a strong comeback
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/29/covid-19-forced-torontos-22b-film-and-tv-production-industry-to-a-grinding-halt-with-23-projects-now-underway-insiders-say-its-a-strong-comeback.html

Essential travellers, private clinics hit hard by spillover from record-level COVID-19 testing in B.C.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/essential-travellers-private-clinics-hit-hard-by-spillover-from-record-level-covid-19-testing-in-b-c-1.5129363

The Future of Music Festivals?

In order for mass gatherings to resume,  music festivals are innovating new ways to host their shows. Virtual events have been floating around for a few months, of course. We have also had live events with lots of physical distancing involved. How about using live stream holograms? Rapid testing of all the patrons on site?

Hologram gigs: the solution for live music events in lockdown?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/video-hologram-gigs-the-solution-for-live-music-events-in-lockdown/

TRNSMT boss to pilot new COVID testing plan for future of live music and festivals
https://www.nme.com/news/music/trnsmt-boss-to-pilot-new-covid-testing-plan-for-future-of-live-music-and-festivals-2800511

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Event Medical Media Scan – October 2020 Edition

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The links below represent a wide range of topics in news articles, resources, and journal articles. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) identified in the respective articles, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Odyssey Medical, or the author of this blog post.

Foreword

Fall is upon us. The traditional sense that fall is a time for renewal has, as with everything 2020, been disrupted. The loosening of restrictions over the summer across the world saw spikes in COVID-19 cases. Thankfully while case number is trending upward, the healthcare system remains in good shape across the country. The same cannot be said for testing sites, however. Long queues, overloaded labs and overworked public health contact tracing have refreshed concerns we will be heading into second wave that may even be worse than the first wave.

We have assembled lots of clinical resources on COVID-19 from leading clinicians, scientists and other authoritative sources to guide you along our next COVID-19 chapter.

CLINICAL RESOURCES

The following links are ‘living’ documents – as we discover more about COVID-19, the treatment available and its idiosyncrasies, you will likely find all the up-to-date information from our of the clinical resources below.

A taskforce between Australian regulatory bodies, professional associations and universities produces this ‘living’ COVID clinical website
A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 by the British Medical Journal
COVID-19 Evidence Alerts by McMaster University
UW Medicine COVID-19 Resource Site
Brigham and Women’s Hospital COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines

GUIDELINES

A regular feature of our monthly post on all the new COVID-19 safety guidelines. 

American Academy of Pediatrics: Clearance for sports after COVID-19 should include cardiac screening
British Film Commission’s Working Safely During COVID-19 in Film and High-end TV Drama Production

NEWS

Music festivals create their own ‘bubbles’ to get partiers back out
Your event has been CANCELLED
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No place to play: Bleak future for live music as venues struggle to survive
Healthcare Theatre during a pandemic
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The N95 shortage America can’t seem to fix
Up to 70% of KN95 masks imported from China don’t meet filtration standards, study says

RESEARCH/JOURNAL

All the science and studies of COVID-19 and its impact on our daily lives. Have you considered how COVID has impacted you over the past 6 months?

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Large study confirms men have 62% increased risk of COVID-19 associated death, possibly related to higher degree of inflammation
‘It affects nearly everyone’: Anxiety, depression soar during COVID-19 pandemic, research at The Royal reveals
 
 
COVID-19: An accidental catalyst for change in the Canadian health care system

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Event Medical Media Scan – September 2020 Edition

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FOREWORD

The traditional summer event season came and gone without one single event held in Canada due to COVID-19.  It is certainly devastating for the event, sport and live entertainment industries (and all the associated suppliers, contractors and the loss of revenues for all levels of government).  As the re-opening continues across Canada, what can we expect come fall?  One thing for sure: masks will become ubiquitous!

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Event Medical Media Scan – August 2020 Edition

Posted on by admin in COVID, mass gathering, Media Scan, medical direction

The links below represent a wide range of topics in news articles, resources, and journal articles. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) identified in the respective articles, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Odyssey Medical, or the author of this blog post.

FOREWORD:

We ended June ranking 20th in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-cases around the world, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre. At the end of July, we are now ranked 22nd – a certain sign that Canada is doing relatively well in flattening the curve.

This edition of the Media Scan will focus on the future: What kind of guidelines for mass gatherings or sports events? How would a music festival or rave fit into the physical-distance world?  We will also shift back into our regular EMMS feature in looking at harm reduction.

As usual, we welcome your feedback and comments.

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