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Creator: Kumar, L. and A. P. Isakov
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-07
Description: Serious recurrent and emerging communicable diseases, such as novel influenza strains, highly pathogenic viral hemorrhagic fevers, and novel coronaviruses in an era of increased globalization and travel, necessitate heightened vigilance and… -
Creator: Angela Vasa, Valerie Pacino, Sami Vasistha, Wael ElRayes, John J Lowe
Subject: Emergency Response
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
Description: In February 2015, the US Department of Health and Human Services developed a tiered hospital network to deliver safe and effective care to patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) and other special pathogens. The tiered network consisted of regional… -
Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
Description: To identify barriers to maintaining and applying capabilities of US high-level isolation units (HLIUs) used during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, during 2016 we surveyed HLIUs. -
Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, C. S. Kraft, L. Saiman, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, P. W. Smith, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-03-01
Description: To describe current Ebola treatment center (ETC) locations, their capacity to care for Ebola virus disease patients, and infection control infrastructure features. -
Creator: Kratochvil, C. J., L. Evans, B. S. Ribner, J. J. Lowe, M. C. Harvey, R. C. Hunt, A. J. Tumpey, R. P. Fagan, M. M. Schwedhelm, S. Bell, J. Maher, C. S. Kraft, N. V. Cagliuso, Sr., S. Vanairsdale, A. Vasa and P. W. Smith
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
Description: The National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) was established in 2015 in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. -
Creator: Le, A. B., P. D. Biddinger, P. W. Smith, J. J. Herstein, D. A. Levy, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
Description: During the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United States responded by stratifying hospitals into 1 of 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated categories-based on the hospital's ability to identify, isolate, assess,… -
Creator: Smith, P. W., K. C. Boulter, A. L. Hewlett, C. J. Kratochvil, E. J. Beam, S. G. Gibbs, J. M. Lowe and M. M. Schwedhelm
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-05-01
Description: The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions. -
Creator: Varkey, J. B. and B. S. Ribner
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-06-01
Description: Ending the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak required an unprecedented international response. -
Creator: Herstein, J. J., P. D. Biddinger, S. G. Gibbs, A. B. Le, K. C. Jelden, A. L. Hewlett and J. J. Lowe
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-12-07
Description: US state public health departments played key roles in planning for and responding to confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) during the 2014-2016 outbreak, including designating select hospitals as high-level isolation units… -
Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Subject: General
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-10-18
Description: Infectious disease outbreaks are frequently characterized by scientific uncertainty, social and institutional disruption, and an overall climate of fear and distrust. Policy makers and public health professionals may be forced to weigh and prioritize…