EMS and Ebola

Considerations for safe EMS transport of patients infected with Ebola virus.

The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit through the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, recently received patients with confirmed Ebola virus from West Africa. The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and Omaha Fire Department's emergency medical services (EMS) coordinated patient transportation from airport to the high-level isolation unit. Transportation of these highly infectious patients capitaliz...

Ebola Infection and Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. In the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. For example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma

EMS and beyond.

coherent matter of indefinite shape or size; a considerable number or quantity. 2 It follows then, that the " local " EMS systems are not be able to manage all of the victims. For events that produce massive numbers of casualties, the system is overwhelmed and many victims whose lives possibly could have been salvaged in a multiple-casualty situation will succumb to their injuries/illnesses as ...

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