Below is a list of useful resources connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This list will be updated as and when more become available.
1 June - BLA & ENT UK Guidelines (endorsed by RCSLT) : A graduated return to elective activities for laryngology within the COVID-19 pandemic. - CLICK HERE
18 May - ENT UK & BRS Joint statement. Anosmia recognised as a symptom of COVID-19 infection. - CLICK HERE
17 May – ENT UK. Advice for patients with new-onset anosmia during COVID-19 pandemic. - CLICK HERE
17 May – ENT UK & BSO. A graduated return to the provision of elective ENT services during the COVID-19 pandemic: OTOLOGY. - CLICK HERE
16 May - BLA & ENT UK Guidelines (endorsed by RCSLT): A graduated return to elective activities for laryngology within the COVID-19 pandemic. - CLICK HERE
11 May - Mick P, Murphy R. Aerosol-generating otolaryngology procedures and the need for enhanced PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic: a literature review. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2020;49(29). - CLICK HERE
6 May - BMA. COVID-19: observing Ramadan during the pandemic. - CLICK HERE
5 May – BLA. advice for people experiencing voice problems after COVID-19. - CLICK HERE
4 May - Penn Task Force Offers Guidelines for Tracheostomy in Ventilated Patients with COVID19. - CLICK HERE
4 May - Hopkins C, Surda P, Whitehead E, et al. Early recovery following new onset anosmia during the COVID-19 pandemic – an observational cohort study. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2020;49(26). - CLICK HERE
1 May - Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery. COVID-19 Resources. - CLICK HERE
29 April – Royal College of Surgeons of England. Recovery of surgical services during and after COVID-19. CLICK HERE
27 April - Sommer DD, Engels PT, Weitzel USAF EK, et al. Recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. - CLICK HERE
22 April - American College of Surgeons. COVID-19 and Surgery. - CLICK HERE
19 April - Joint statement from UK anaesthetic and intensive care bodies in response to updated PPE guidance. - CLICK HERE
15 April - BAOMS & ENT UK. Surgeons come together again with updated PPE COVID-19 advice, stressing PHE recommendations are minimum not maximum. - CLICK HERE
15 April – British Journal of Surgery. Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID‐19 pandemic. CLICK HERE
11 April - Royal College of Surgeons. Clinical guide to surgical prioritisation during the coronavirus pandemic. - CLICK HERE
9 April – BASO Guidance: Strategy for Cancer Surgery sustainability and recovery in the COVID 19 pandemic. - CLICK HERE
6 April - COVID-19: Hot Topics in Orthopaedics, ENT and OMFS. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. - CLICK HERE
6 April - Framework for open tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients. - CLICK HERE
3 April - Workman AD, Welling DB, Carter BS, et al. Endonasal instrumentation and aerosolization risk in the era of COVID‐19: simulation, literature review, and proposed mitigation strategies. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology 2020. - CLICK HERE
3 April – ENT UK Synopsis of PPE survey results for the COVID-19 pandemic. Key findings from 258 ENT Surgeons throughout the UK (survey period 23-30 March 2020) - CLICK HERE
2 April - Public Health England. Guidance: COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) - CLICK HERE
31 March - Swab technique for collection of Nasopharyngeal specimen for COVID-19. David Whitehead. - CLICK HERE
31 March - College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa. COVID-19 Educational Information. - CLICK HERE
26 March - Vukkadala N, Qian ZJ, Holsinger FC, et al. COVID‐19 and the otolaryngologist – preliminary evidence‐based review. The Laryngoscope 2020. - CLICK HERE
24 March - BAHNO laryngectomy guidance during COVID-19 pandemic - CLICK HERE
21 March - Message from the BLA President, Mark Watson - CLICK HERE
20 March - British Laryngological Association Covid-19 Important Guidance - CLICK HERE
19 March - Getting A Coronavirus Test? Here’s What To Expect. Forbes. - CLICK HERE
Each of these pages are constantly updated with new information - please keep checking back for the latest
North American Skull Base Society. COVID-19 Information Board. - CLICK HERE
Tracheostomy and tracheostomy long term ventilated care guidance during the COVID pandemic. The National Tracheostomy Safety Project. - CLICK HERE
ENTUK COVID-19 Information for health professionals - CLICK HERE
YO-IFOS COVID-10 information and guidance - CLICK HERE
CEORL-HNS Statement to COVID-19 - CLICK HERE
AAO-HNS Coronavirus Disease 2019: Resources - CLICK HERE
ERS Information for rhinologists on COVID-19 - CLICK HERE
Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment - CLICK HERE
CovidSurg Cancer - CLICK HERE
