Abstract
In modern conditions, the burden on the staff of medical institutions has increased many times. This is due to the fact that for more than a year and a half, the planet has been overwhelmed by waves of the coronavirus pandemic. Having come from China, this virus spread like lightning across the planet, causing an economic crisis, violation of the usual foundations of human life, etc. However, despite the undulating incidence of COVID-19 and a significant number of cases, other diseases and medical emergencies also occur, and doctors need to provide patients with the necessary assistance.
 It should be said that, despite the high level of protective measures in medical institutions, the provision of emergency medical care to patients is associated with a certain risk for doctors, since assistance should be provided to such patients immediately, and it is not always possible to quickly assess whether they are carriers of the virus, unfortunately. For this reason, the risk of infection to medical workers providing emergency care to patients, especially surgical ones, is extremely high.
 During the epidemic, the treatment of burn patients who have not confirmed the absence or presence of a coronavirus infection, the processes of establishing intravenous access, endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, wound treatment and surgical intervention are the points of risk of infection. The introduction of an effective, appropriate degree of protection and the development of practical medical procedures will increase the level of protection of the medical worker and reduce the risk of infection with COVID-19.
 The aim of the work is to investigate the features of providing antiviral protection for medical workers and to study the existing practical treatment protocols for providing emergency medical care to patients with thermal and chemical injuries during the spread of COVID-19.
Highlights
IntroductionAfter initial virus typing tests, World Health Organization officially named the new coronavirus causing the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic as the new coronavirus of 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) on January 12, 2020
A new type of coronavirus has been spreading in the world for quite a long time
The treatment of burn patients who have not confirmed the absence or presence of a coronavirus infection, the processes of establishing intravenous access, endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, wound treatment and surgical intervention are the points of risk of infection
Summary
After initial virus typing tests, World Health Organization officially named the new coronavirus causing the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic as the new coronavirus of 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) on January 12, 2020. The International Committee on the Systematics of Viruses (ICTV) announced the official nomenclature of the new coronavirus (SARSCoV-2) as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). WHO announced that the official name of the disease caused by the virus is coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of April 8, 2020, WHO reported 22,073 cases of COVID-19 infection among medical workers from 52 countries. These data show that COVID19 has a high contagiousness, a high rate of transmission of infection and can cause serious infections among medical workers [1]
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