HEROES ON FOREFRONT :ROLE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST IN COVID 19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

A page of history few months back battling COVID-19 have been a “once-in-a-lifetime” event for all of us. Medical professionals were the frontline soldiers in this global disaster.Amongst all people around the world are thinking about anesthesiologists a lot more, and Time magazine even featured an Italian anesthesiologist in a special report on Heroes of the Frontlines(1).When the entire world was in a situation of panic and uncertainty,anesthesiologist all over the globe came in front as an interim remedy to the grievious challenge.Although the elective planned surgeries were holded but the emergency services were continued..While handling the airway of asymptomatic patient was threat to the life of all the concerned OT staff.Investigation modality was ill dened therapeutic regimes were not in place.Furthermore the drugs were not rationilised .In an ill dened scenario, anesthesiologist dealt with endangering manoevers with complete dedication especially the airways n thereby droplets generating procedures. Anaesthesiologists were also asked to create isolation facilities, prepare,ensure and procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), train their clincal and paraclinical medical personnel, and to allocate the available resources to prepare covid centres. As the specialty that is at the forefront of COVID-19 management due to expertise in airway and ventilator support system , including intensive care expertise, anesthesiologists have been at the helm of management of COVID-19 in the entire world.They not only tackled the acute phase bur also the after effects of the covid 19 infection.