At my hospital, we now have an "Ebola Screening Tool" flowsheet in triage, and it seems everyone is having mini freak outs about Ebola screening and testing, symptoms, etc, and there's literally been ONE PERSON infected in the US. Theoretically, over the next couple of months, several more people might get infected, maybe a couple dozen, maybe more, likely increasing the anxieties about Ebola. With the extreme cautions will undoubtedly be taken, what are we to expect when the dozens of people per day come through with a flu like syndrome?
Symptoms of Ebola: fatigue, fever, headaches, sore throat, joint, muscle, and abdominal pain
Symptoms of Influenza: fatigue, fever, headaches, sore throat, joint, muscle pain, + URI syndrome
How are the hospitals, and us, as health care providers, going to deal with this? What do you think the expectations are going to be when a person walks through the door, with a fever, cough, sore throat, and myalgias? What is they test negative for Flu?
It's right around the corner...
Symptoms of Ebola: fatigue, fever, headaches, sore throat, joint, muscle, and abdominal pain
Symptoms of Influenza: fatigue, fever, headaches, sore throat, joint, muscle pain, + URI syndrome
How are the hospitals, and us, as health care providers, going to deal with this? What do you think the expectations are going to be when a person walks through the door, with a fever, cough, sore throat, and myalgias? What is they test negative for Flu?
It's right around the corner...