Kenya Cardiac Society
4th Avenue Towers, 11th Floor, Fourth Ngong Road, Upperhill Nairobi, Kenya
This course is a production of a recent live webinar held on 30th April 2020 by KCS which is the first of a series of COVID-19 related webinars intended for clinicians and healthcare providers in Kenya and the region handling cardiovascular patients within the context of the pandemic.
The course objectives include:
1. Serving as an educational aid and reference material for clinicians as well as healthcare workers managing CVD patients within the context of COVID-19.
2. Disseminate information and knowledge to health care workers on relevant issues such as Cardiovascular diseases and Covid-19, making difficult decisions, management of heart failure amongst others.
The course includes recorded videos in lecture style, videos of practical skills.
Educational Methods
E-learning course
Part 1: Introduction to CVD and COVID-19
Part 2: Cardiovascular impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Part 3: Making difficult clinical decisions
Part 4: Managing a heart failure clinic amidst the COVID-19 crisis
Part 5: Management of acute infarction in COVID-19
Part 6: Resuscitating the COVID-19 patient
Part 7: Question and Answer