Table 1.

Examples of documents being shared on social media platforms.

Guidelines/Protocols/SOPs
- A ward round checklist for intensive care was created in Cardiff and refined by sharing on social media, incorporating helpful suggestions.
- A checklist on using anaesthetic machines as ICU ventilators was created in Birmingham and widely distributed on social media platforms.
- Some advice and an informal algorithm by two Italian intensivists from the Lombardy region involved in the surge since the first local outbreak have been designed into an infographic with the purpose of supporting physicians caring for patients with severe COVID-19 induced respiratory failure, so as to standardise their approach, thereby optimising outcome and resources consumption. Based solely on the original post on Twitter, the Italian version of the infographic has to-date generated 11,836 impressions and 761 reactions, with the English translation generating 49,548 impressions, with 5508 engagements.
- An infographic on the principles of airway management in COVID-19 incorporating infection control procedures to reduce the transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection was drafted by the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. This was translated into 17 languages through collaborations with colleagues and centres internationally.
- A single email written after a COVID-19 briefing was shared on Whatsapp, disseminated through multiple Whatsapp groups and eventually appeared on social media platforms where it was shared by thousands of users, much to the bemusement of the intensivist who wrote the email.