HIV
EMTs and paramedics must protect themselves with PPE, investigate symptoms and report findings to the hospital to identify potential infectious disease outbreaks
Police say the man repeatedly stated that he had HIV during the incident and spat “brownish-red” saliva onto the firefighter-paramedic’s arm
Fighting the spread of blood-borne pathogens in the midst of the state’s severe opioid crisis
The paramedic was responding to a call when a woman spat in her mouth and flicked blood on her before saying she was HIV positive
The suit states that the paramedic was reassigned to dispatch because of his illness
The spread of the virus is intravenous drug uses; it sparked a CDC alert and the state has spent more than $2 million on efforts to fight the outbreak
