Coronavirus: European countries share their best Practices!
Coronavirus outbreak: Best practices, guidelines from European countries and Fire and Rescue services
Compilation of English content on guidelines and recommendations:
- Rapid risk assessment: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: increased transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK – sixth update (file): here
- Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 by World Health Organization (file)
- Q&A on infection prevention and control for health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed 2019-nCoV (webpage): here
- Global Recommendations for Emergency Services Organisations to manage the outbreak of COVID-19
EU emergency response links:
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_535
- https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/covid-19-commission-creates-first-ever-resceu-stockpile-medical-equipment_en
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response/european-commissions-action-coronavirus_en
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation_en
- https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china/sources-updated
- https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/coronavirus-eu-medical-teams-deployed-italy_en.
Online courses - in different languages:
- Organised by the World Health Organization; Online real time training courses for the corona virus outbreak
- The COVID-19 Learning Pathway by Humanitarian leadership academy: to enable humanitarians, including local responders, to be best equipped to respond to the global pandemic COVID-19
Maps & infographics:
- Current maps with polish fire state services related to COVID-19
- Real time map from channel news asia worldwide coronavirus maps
- Real time Map from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
German best practices:
- From the Federal Centre for Health Education: Infektionen vorbeugen: Die 10 wichtigsten Hygienetipps (image)
- Hinweise zum ambulanten Management von COVID-19-Verdachtsfällen und leicht erkrankten bestätigten COVID-19-Patienten (webpage)
- Erklärung der Funktion von COVID-19 und Verhaltensregeln (YouTube-Video)
- Wie richte ich mein Home Office effizient ein (YouTube-Video)
- Most common ground rules, to keep distance, wash your hands etc, addressed to the population that uses sign language
French best practices:
- Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Meurthe & Moselle: Prise en charge détresse respiratoire en contexte COVID -19 (file)
- Dr Sylvie Molenda, Centre National de Ressources et de Résilience, France, Covid-19 : Renforçons notre résilience
- Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours de Meurthe & Moselle SDIS54: Guide opérationnel, guidelines, risque biologique, bio, GDR
- Ministère de la cohésion des territoires et des relations avec les collectivités territoriales : Continuité des services publics locaux dans le cadre de l’état d’urgence sanitaire
- From French Red Cross, La Croix-Rouge: Gérer le stress durant covid-19 (file)
- Région Grand-Est, Télétravail et Covid-19 : GUIDE DU MANAGEMENT A DISTANCE EN SITUATION EXCEPTIONNELLE
- Outils RETEX du centre de secours de Lorient : Tableau de bord du RETEX pour le suivi d'activité de la situation de crise COVID 19
- Lancement d'une plateforme numérique d'urgence de partages d'expériences pour les acteurs du milieu pré-hospitalier et hospitalier : ENTRAIDE
Greek recommendations and best practices:
- Guidelines and FAQs for the public, travellers, first responders, hotels, health centres and health personnel (webpage)
- What to do to delay the spread of coronavirus / Τι πρέπει να κάνουμε για να καθυστερήσουμε τη διασπορά του κορωνοϊού (video)
- Informative material regarding travel to China: here
- The Health monitoring manual issued by the Region of Attica (Athens) and the Medical Association of Athens
- Guidelines for self-protection from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection in several languages (link or at the very bottom in pdf)
- 3TV spot by famous actor for the "stay-home" campaign, also in sign language (video)
- Video for Guidelines on how to delay virus spreading, by the Greek Government, also in sign language (video)
Italian best practices:
- EMERGENZA COVID19 – PROCEDURA PER IGIENIZZAZIONE LUOGHI ESTERNI (video) - Video demonstratio for EMERGENCY COVID19 - PROCEDURE FOR SANITIZING EXTERNAL PLACES
- ITALIAN GUIDELINES - OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT : COVID-19
- GUIDE FOR CORONAVIRUS PLANNING & RESPONSE IAFC Coronavirus Task Force
- Italy's Ministries for economic development and of technology innovation and digitalisation invite all interested to present their research projects related to devices and methods for the prevention, diagnostics and the monitoring against the spread of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
Polish best practices:
From Poland National Headquarters of the State Fire Service:
- Instructional videos on how to use personal protective equipment and decontamination
- ECDC recommendations on putting on and taking off personal protective equipment during the care of patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
- Procedure to be followed in relation to a person suspected of COVID-19 or confirmed diagnosis of 13 March 2020
- Appeal: „Do not lie to a lifeguard"
- Current maps with polish fire state services related to COVID-19
From the Polish Ministry of Health: Main information to download (some of them also in other languages)
Spanish best practices:
From the Spanish Ministry of Health
- More tan 20 technical documents for health and first responders professionals : Documentos técnicos para profesionales Covid-19 (web)
- Documents and videos to explain how to prevent Covid-19 for the general population and kids : Información para la ciudadanía, vídeos y documentos para la población en general y la población infantil (web)
- Prevention measures for first responders: Procedimiento de actuación frente a enfermedad por SARS-CoV-2 (file)
- Procedure to be followed in relation to a person infected of COVID-19: Prevención y control de la infección en el manejo de pacientes con COVID-19 (file)
- Scientific and technical information about Covid-19: Información científico-técnica, enfermedad por coronavirus, COVID-19 (file)
From Spanish Civil Protection System, Campaign for the general public to stop Covid-19 spread and to protect vulnerable population : Campaña de colaboración ciudadana #YoHagoPorTi (web)
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