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Emergency Preparedness In Dietetics During A Pandemic: Lessons Learned From An Icu Dietitian During Covid-19, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Michelle D. Mena
Emergency Preparedness In Dietetics During A Pandemic: Lessons Learned From An Icu Dietitian During Covid-19, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Michelle D. Mena
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Purpose: The incidence, prevalence, and chaos of the Covid-19 disease sequelae is an adverse event akin to a natural disaster or wartime creating a high degree of uncertainty and vulnerability for health care providers. This is an account of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist’s (RDN) experience on the frontlines during an epidemic providing care to patients with Covid-19. The purpose of the series of discussions was to create a live account of a frontline RDN’s experience during the pandemic to develop recommendations for emergency preparedness in dietetics during Covid-19. Methods: Since the Covid-19 pandemic is causing significant hardship, loss of life, …