EMS Procedural Guidelines for Special Pathogens

• 2024

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These guidelines provide important steps for emergency medical services (EMS) to handle patients with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCID). They describe how to safely put on and take off protective gear, manage spills, and clean ambulances, helping keep workers safe and protect public health. Created by experts from the NETEC group, these procedures are meant to be used by any EMS agency. Written as a complement to the ASPR TRACIE EMS Infectious Disease Playbook, these model procedural guidelines provide step-by-step instructions that can be adapted by any EMS agency for incorporation into their policies and procedures for managing HCID patients.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audience: EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Communicable Disease Control; Containment of Biohazards; Disinfection; Emergency Medical Services; Infection Control; Guidelines as Topic; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Personal Protective Equipment; Biohazard Release

Institutions: National Emerging Pathogens Training & Education Center (NETEC)

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