Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach.

abstract

• The care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires the application of critical care medicine principles under conditions of stringent infection control precautions. The care of patients with EVD requires a number of elements in terms of physical layout, personal protective apparel, and other equipment. Provision of care is demanding in terms of depth of staff and training. The key to safely providing such care is a system that brings many valuable skills to the table, and allows communication between these individuals. We present our approach to leadership structure and function--a variation of incident command--in providing care to 3 patients with EVD.

authors

• Gibbs, Shawn

published proceedings

• Am J Infect Control

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, P. W., Boulter, K. C., Hewlett, A. L., Kratochvil, C. J., Beam, E. J., Gibbs, S. G., Lowe, J., & Schwedhelm, M. M.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Smith, Philip W||Boulter, Kathleen C||Hewlett, Angela L||Kratochvil, Christopher J||Beam, Elizabeth J||Gibbs, Shawn G||Lowe, John-Martin J||Schwedhelm, Michelle M

publication date

• May 2015

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Infection Control  Journal

keywords

• Biocontainment
• Delivery Of Health Care, Integrated
• Disease Transmission, Infectious
• Emergency Medical Services
• Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
• Humans
• Incident Command
• Infection Control
• Leadership

PubMed Central ID

• 25952046

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.019

start page

• 441

end page

• 446

volume

• 43

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.019

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being