Ebola: What does EMS need to know?

So how exactly did this outbreak happen? Should we in the U.S. be concerned? And what information does EMS need to know?

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Photo of the Week: Training drill - Transporting a patient with Ebola
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The Superior Ambulance team practices transporting patients with highly infectious diseases
Investigation: Bungling by UN agency hurt Ebola response
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"There's no question that a better and earlier response from WHO could have resulted in thousands and thousands of fewer deaths than we saw"
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Considerations for safer ECMO and critical care transport
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Ebola: CDC clarifies EMS minimum PPE levels
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Guidance on minimum PPE for known or suspected Ebola patients updated on December 2, 2014
CDC releases revised Ebola gear guidelines
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The firmer standards call for full-body garb and rules for removal, a supervisor for the putting on and taking off of equipment, a separate room, and repeated practice before treating an Ebola patient
FDNY dispatchers forbidden from saying 'Ebola' on radio
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Officials instructed all personnel to use more vague terms when discussing the deadly disease
EMS's role in the fight against Ebola
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Dr. Alex Garza on safely managing the virus, the transport role EMS will play, the chances of a vaccine, and if the world has the resources to fight this disease
Second Texas healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola
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The newly diagnosed women is in isolation after contracting the disease while treating Thomas Eric Duncan last month
CDC sends Ebola SWAT team to Dallas in new virus-fighting plan
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The agency says it will send a team of experts to any hospital with an Ebola case in the future
Blood from Ebola survivor given to Dallas nurse
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Nina Pham, 26, received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat the virus
Nurse 2nd in US with Ebola after possible safety breach
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The CDC will investigate how the unidentified nurse took off protective gear after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first U.S. Ebola patient who died from the virus
5 things to know about Ebola airport screening
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Five major international airports will begin screening passengers from three West Africa countries when they enter the U.S.
Dallas Ebola patient has died
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Thomas Eric Duncan was the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.; his condition went from serious to critical over the weekend and he died Wednesday morning
Why EMS should take Ebola preparation seriously
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We may assume we're well prepared to contain a possible outbreak, but it's definitely worth the few minutes to review the basics of infection control
Spanish nurse contracts Ebola outside outbreak zone
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She was part of a team that treated two missionaries flown home to Spain after becoming infected with Ebola in West Africa
Ebola: What does EMS need to know?
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Although the risk to the U.S. is small, EMS providers should be educated on how to identify symptoms and treat Ebola patients
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