Emergency medical services public health implications and interim guidance for the ebola virus in the United States

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 723-727

  McCoy, Christopher E ^a   Lotfipour, Shahram ^a   Chakravarthy, Bharath ^a   Schultz, Carl ^a   Barton, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola Virus; Ebola Virus Disease; Emergency Medical Services; Public Health

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913596254     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.10.24155     Document Type: Review

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