Transport and Management of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 297-305

  Isakov, Alexander ^a   Miles, Wade ^b   Gibbs, Shawn ^c   Lowe, John ^c   Jamison, Aaron ^b   Swansiger, Raymond ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Office of Medical Services DC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DISINFECTION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARDS;

AMBULANCES; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84937832445     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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