SAQ 1537 – Emergency department preparation for suspected Ebola virus disease

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Your hospital has been alerted to an incoming aircraft from West Africa. There is concern for an Ebola virus outbreak among health-care workers, and the hospital is expected to receive patients.

The plane has now landed. Ten patients are en route and the ED is full.

List important stakeholders you would contact and justify why each should be involved.

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List the key principles of ED management for suspected Ebola virus disease.

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List strategies you would use to prepare the department for the arriving patients.

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