Infectious Diseases
The Infectious diseases topic features the latest news, guidelines, education, EMS training and tips related to infection control and EMS role in prevention the transmission of and caring for patients with infectious diseases.
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The doctor who was delivering babies in Liberia is now in Omaha’s special isolation unit; the experimental drug ZMapp is exhausted and a medical team is exploring other treatments
After the two others fell ill, the Boston-area doctor returned to Liberia where he is in isolation; it’s unknown if he will be transported to the U.S. for treatment
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He will be treated at London’s Royal Free Hospital, which has an isolation unit for infectious disease
They were discharged after three weeks and doctors say their release poses no public health risk
The patient has been isolated and the CDC will test a blood sample to see if the person, who may have been exposed, actually has the virus
Although the risk to the U.S. is small, EMS providers should be educated on how to identify symptoms and treat Ebola patients
Although the drugs have been approved for use in West Africa, it would be months before more of the experimental treatment is available
Grady EMS’s special operations team had been ready for this type of transport for years; here’s how it all came together
Two Americans and a Spaniard have been treated with ZMapp, posing ethical questions as to why it hasn’t been tried on Africans with the deadly virus
The vaccines now under development are not the same type of experimental drug that was given to a pair of American aid workers infected in Liberia and brought into the U.S.
Doctors will monitor an experimental drug never tested on humans; she and Dr. Kent Brantly arrived three days earlier and both are being treated in isolation
American Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly arrived by ambulance at Emory University Hospital
He’s being flown to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, one of the four hospitals in the country for testing and treating people infected with dangerous, infectious germs
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U.S. government warns against travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
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Hospital staff told the contagious patient to stay in a Calif. motel room where they would deliver medication, but he left
After months of treating those with the deadly disease in West Africa, the doctor contracted it
Braden Leonard, 32, was biking when he fell and a thorn pricked his right hand; his hand was amputated to stop the infection
The virus cannot spread from human-to-human contact and is not expected to be widespread in the U.S.
The state has declared flu season to be over, and it was a particularly deadly one for young and middle-aged adults
The health department is running a vaccination clinic for anyone who ate at the Red Robin between May 8 - 16
About one-fifth of those infected are health care workers
Officials fear recent outbreaks across at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East could unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the disease
At least 400 cases of the respiratory illness have been reported, and more than 100 people have died since MERS first surfaced two years ago
More than 20 cases have tested positive for pertussis, and the number is on the rise