Nadia Nazir Jatoi
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Sana Awan
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Maham Abbasi
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Momina Mariam Marufi
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Muhammad Ahmed
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Shehzeen Fatima Memon
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Nimra Farooqui
Department of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
Maaz Hasan Khan
Department of Internal Medicine, United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
Hadi Saiyid
Department of Internal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
Abdurrahman Husain
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, United States of America
Kaneez Fatima
Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Shahram Maroof
Pulmonary and Critical Care, John H Stroger, Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, United States of America
Atul Malhotra
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, United States of America
Abstract
COVID-19 continues to spread across borders and has proven to be a challenge for the existing healthcare system. The demand for intensivists has dramatically increased in the United States, in the backdrop of an expected lack of intensivists in many states even before the pandemic. One proposal has been to organize multidisciplinary teams functioning under one intensivist, as this approach would make use of the existing healthcare force and lessen the burden on intensivists. Another recommendation is the adaptation of Tele-ICUs, which have demonstrated constructive outcomes in the past. Moreover, ensuring the provision of all types of personal protective equipment, adequate testing and, other provisions such as mental health support, financial incentives for intensivists should be prioritized. More intensivists should be trained for the future, for which better institutional policies are essential.
