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The Ebola Battle:From Both Sides
Patrice Gordon, Family Nurse PractitionerCanadian Red Cross Emergency Response
UnitKenema Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra
Leone
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Identified in 1976, Zaire 55-80% mortality,
>500 deaths Numerous small outbreaks since, all in
Central Africa Filovirus, 5 species, 4 can infect humans Bats, primates likely reservoir with spillover
events to humans ? via consumption of bushmeat
Human to human transmission through exposure to infected blood/body fluids
Quick History of Ebola
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What does ebola look like?
• Myalgia• Joint pain• Fever• Sore throat• Fatigue• Abdominal pain• Rash• Vomiting• Diarrhea
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And how is it spread?
THIS is why we need to be worried about ebola.
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How the outbreak started
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Guinea
FIGURES – New cases reported by country
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Madrid, Spain
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Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre
Ebola
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Self Outbreak
Individual patient
… This is not as easy as it sounds
“Put on your own oxygen mask first”
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“Combination of all measures taken and activities implemented to reduce risk of transmitting infection”--- International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent
Infection Prevention and Control
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35Chlorine for all purposes…
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?? Questions
Thank you