Browse Items (365 total)

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  EMS Biosafety Transport for Operators

  Tags CEU, CEUs, COVID-19, Ebola, EMS, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, MERS-CoV, Mpox, Online Course, Pre-Hospital, R-EMS, SARS, Special Pathogens
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2023-04-13
  Description: The course aims to increase understanding about standard and transmission-based infection control practices and provides education about high consequence infectious diseases like COVID-19, Mpox, Ebola Virus Disease, Smallpox, SARS (Severe Acute…
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  Q&A’s about the Transport of Pediatric Patients (<18 years of age) Suspected or with Confirmed Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)

  Tags CDC, Children, Ebola, EMS, Patient Transport, Pediatrics, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Pre-hospital Transport, Q&A's, R-EMS, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Pre-Hospital
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05-14
  Description: Who is this for: Managers of 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies EMS systems law enforcement agencies and fire service agencies as well as individual emergency medical services providers including…
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  Transport of a Proned/Intubated Patient

  Tags Emergency Department, EMS, Internal Transport, Novel Respiratory Pathogen, Pre-Hospital, Pre-hospital Transport, Proning, R-EMS, Treatment and Care
  Creator: NETEC
  Subject: Pre-hospital
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2024-05-31
  Description: This printable flyer infographic discusses the process for transporting a proned / intubated patient.View this flyer in spanish.
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  Administration of Brincidofovir and Convalescent Plasma in a Patient With Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Florescu, D. F., A. C. Kalil, A. L. Hewlett, A. J. Schuh, U. Stroher, T. M. Uyeki and P. W. Smith
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-15
  Description: From 2014 to May 2015, >26 000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from West Africa.
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  Editorial Commentary: Considerations of Favipiravir as a Medical Countermeasure in Future Randomized Controlled Trials Against Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Clinical Trial, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Kraft, C. S.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-11-15
  Description: Since the discovery of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, outbreaks of EVD had been mainly confined to rural areas (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/history/chronology.html)...
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  The Use of TKM-100802 and Convalescent Plasma in 2 Patients With Ebola Virus Disease in the United States

  Tags Critical Care, Ebola, Experimental Drugs, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: Kraft, C. S., A. L. Hewlett, S. Koepsell, A. M. Winkler, C. J. Kratochvil, L. Larson, J. B. Varkey, A. K. Mehta, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, R. J. Friedman-Moraco, V. C. Marconi, C. E. Hill, J. N. Sullivan, D. W. Johnson, S. J. Lisco, M. J. Mulligan, T. M.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-08-15
  Description: The current West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has resulted in multiple individuals being medically evacuated to other countries for clinical management.
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  Human Ebola virus infection results in substantial immune activation

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, C. W. Davis, A. H. Ellebedy, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, G. M. Lyon, B. S. Ribner, J. Varkey, J. Sidney, A. Sette, S. Campbell, U. Stroher, I. Damon, S. T. Nichol, C. F. Spiropoulou and R. Ahmed
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-04-14
  Description: Four Ebola patients received care at Emory University Hospital, presenting a unique opportunity to examine the cellular immune responses during acute Ebola virus infection.
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  A Case of Human Lassa Virus Infection With Robust Acute T-Cell Activation and Long-Term Virus-Specific T-Cell Responses

  Tags Antibodies, Immunology, Lassa, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., R. S. Akondy, J. R. Harmon, A. H. Ellebedy, D. Cannon, J. D. Klena, J. Sidney, A. Sette, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-15
  Description: A nurse who acquired Lassa virus infection in Togo in the spring of 2016 was repatriated to the United States for care at Emory University Hospital.
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  Kinetic Analysis of Biomarkers in a Cohort of US Patients With Ebola Virus Disease

  Tags Antibodies, Ebola, Immunology, Patient Care, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics
  Creator: McElroy, A. K., J. R. Harmon, T. D. Flietstra, S. Campbell, A. K. Mehta, C. S. Kraft, M. G. Lyon, J. B. Varkey, B. S. Ribner, C. J. Kratochvil, P. C. Iwen, P. W. Smith, R. Ahmed, S. T. Nichol and C. F. Spiropoulou
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2016-08-15
  Description: Ebola virus (EBOV) infection causes a severe and often fatal disease.An updated was made in Erratum on 2017 July 5.
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  Comparison of FilmArray and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Zaire Ebolavirus from Contrived and Clinical Specimens

  Tags Diagnosis, Ebola, Immunology, Lab, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, R-Res&Pub, Specimen Handling
  Creator: Southern, T. R., L. D. Racsa, C. G. Albarino, P. D. Fey, S. H. Hinrichs, C. N. Murphy, V. L. Herrera, A. R. Sambol, C. E. Hill, E. L. Ryan, C. S. Kraft, S. Campbell, T. K. Sealy, A. Schuh, J. C. Ritchie, G. M. Lyon, 3rd, A. K. Mehta, J. B. Varkey, B.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2015-09-01
  Description: Rapid, reliable, and easy-to-use diagnostic assays for detection of Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) are urgently needed.