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• Maintaining family routines is an effective way to keep everyone calm.<br />
• Regular rests and a healthy diet are important. The avoidance of drinking alcohol and<br />
smoking is also important, to maintain physical resilience.<br />
• Trust reliable resources for <strong>COVID</strong>-<strong>19</strong> information, such as World Health Organization<br />
(WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).<br />
• Develop family rules to manage the infected person and avoid infection. Proper<br />
hygiene procedures are needed, like washing hands, cleaning surfaces, avoiding<br />
contact with face, taking a shower after work and covering the face when sneezing or<br />
coughing.<br />
• Engage children in family rules, help them to contribute to family routine and inform<br />
them that this a temporary situation. Keep them calm and help them to fully<br />
understand the underlying situation.<br />
• Maintain frequent communication, even inside the same house. Social media, smart<br />
devices and the Internet offer a variety of communication tools and are very<br />
comforting for everyone.<br />
• Request assistance when needed from neighbors, friends, relatives or professionals.<br />
Personal and family activities after a long and exhausting shift treating <strong>COVID</strong>‐<strong>19</strong> patients<br />
Undoubtedly, this last year has been quite difficult for all HCPs. Many of them being in the<br />
frontline against <strong>COVID</strong>‐<strong>19</strong> are still working covered with PPE for several hours, which is really<br />
exhausting. So, another issue for the frontline HCPs, including radiographers/RTs, is their<br />
stamina to fulfill family obligations or do personal and family activities after a trying hard<br />
shift 8 .<br />
Regular occupation with children, physical exercise inside and outside the house, reading,<br />
avoiding many hours of watching TV, rest and proper nutrition are just some of the<br />
recommendations of the WHO and national public health organizations to maintain physical<br />
and mental health, especially during lockdowns. Unfortunately, these recommendations are<br />
not always possible to implement after returning from a long, tiring shift, wearing PPEs for<br />
several hours.<br />
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