An online COVID-19 resource center has been developed with several components for you to use:
- Resource Utilization Tool for Cardiac Surgery helps you triage adult cardiac surgery cases by predicting resource use.
- COVID-19 Resource Prediction Instrument provides a rapid estimate of ventilator hours, ICU time, transfusions, and risk of acute reoperation.
- Resources page that has links to relevant information and resources, including guidance documents, from a variety of external organizations and entities involved in COVID-19 matters.
- Free Webinars (Archived Recordings)
- Sedate or Cannulate? ECMO Strategies during COVID
- Next Steps in Eradicating COVID-19: Emerging Treatments and Vaccines
- Clinical Research in Valvular Heart Disease during COVID: Adapting to a Dynamic and Multifaceted Pandemic
- Economic Impact of COVID and Implications for the Future of CT Surgery
- Early Career Surgeons, COVID-19, and the Future
- Looking Forward - Post-COVID Recovery and Impacts on the Field
- Impact on Residency and Training
- Global Summit on Reactivating Cardiothoracic Surgery Programs
- Rebooting Your Valve Program
- Stratification of Thoracic Oncology Surgery
- ECMO Challenges and Considerations
- Stratifying Patients for Cardiac Operations
- Candid Conversations with Colleagues from Hot Spots in the US
- Messages from the STS President are videos and transcripts of videos created by Joseph A. Dearani, MD, about how the Society is responding to the crisis.
- Online community for members to share real-time and relevant information, best practices, policies, guidelines, and guidance. You can ask questions or share updates. You'll need to be logged into "My Profile" with your STS username and password. See the top right of this page. If you have trouble logging in, contact Membership. Please review our terms of use before using this.
As cardiothoracic surgeons and their teams navigate through the upcoming weeks and months, the Society will continue to serve its surgical community by facilitating opportunities to stay connected and learn from one another.