The Order defines “conveyance” as including “aircraft, train, road vehicle (including rideshares), vessel…or other means of transport, including military transport.” (42 CFR §§ 70.1, 71.1).
Conveyance operators must also require that all persons wear masks when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel, with certain exemptions as described in the Questions below. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an Order on January 29, 2021, requiring the wearing of masks by travelers to prevent spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Thanks to Amanda Stock and the team at RCH for this great video that takes a little of the mystery out of PPE.Wearing of Face Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs “We might look a bit different than usual.
Under the mask pdf#
Click on the image to download the pdf for your own hospital.Īnd if your department is looking for some posters or information to give to children, these resources are lovely for children both young and old. These lovely colouring sheets have been created by Stephen Browne, an Irish designer, and Emma Fratangelo, a play specialist in Children’s Health Ireland. These could be adapted for older children, with language pitched age appropriately.Īnd for younger children? While chatting about how we can overcome the PPE barrier with children, Sian told me she’d been thinking about using wipeable PECS cards (from the picture exchange communication system), adding images of masks, visors and other images to explain our PPE. Inspired by an adult patient who described feeling terrified because he couldn’t understand what his clinicians were saying through their PPE, an anaesthetist in the NHS has developed, a collection of flashcards used to communicate with patients. “ We are advocates of smiling eyes and a playful disposition, open and positive body language and tone of voice.” Sian Spencer-Little, explaining the philosophy of the play team at GOSH. I love the idea of a photo to show the person behind the PPE. Writing our name on our PPE replaces our hidden lanyards ( #hellomynameis has never been more important) but our faces, which usually convey so much emotion, tenderness, and warmth, still remain hidden. “To my usual list of questions about diet and exercise and sleep and such, I have started asking parents “so how are you doing with all of this?” How is it with your kid at home with you all day, every day? What are their school’s expectations? How are things with the work you have to do yourself? How are you coping?” Daniel Summers. Daniel Summers has written this moving article which is touching in its exploration of empathy. We can make an extra effort to ask how our patients and their parents are feeling. And while speaking to the ED consultant, feeling those emotions myself, I resolved to go on a hunt for ways we can unmask our smiles. Our children are struggling with isolation and suffering with worry, anxiety and fear. Imagine what it’s like to be in your COVID ED from the perspective of a frightened child.
Under the mask full#
Imagine the same video with staff in full PPE. While chatting with the DFTB team about what we can do to make our own places of work less scary during COVID, Damian reminded me about this video by EM3. As I spoke to a consultant dressed in full PPE, it really struck me how much harder we have to work to convey tenderness and warmth behind the mask, how difficult it is to show our patients we’re there for them as humans as well as diagnosticians, how terrifying it must be for our younger patients, the children at the heart of COVID. I didn’t really know any of the staff but I was so touched by the kindness shown by people I’d only ever known on Twitter. People walked down the corridors in single file, wearing masks. I was worried and everything was strange. Earlier this week I was in an ED but, instead of being in my usual role as a doctor, I was there as a relative.
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