Coliseum Medical Center shares Ebola protocol
Since the Ebola outbreak, the hospital has started intensely reviewing with its staff the proper procedure for safely putting on and taking off that gear.
The Emergency Room Clinical Coordinator for the Coliseum Medical Center, Jill Brown, explained the protective gear is impervious to fluids.
The gear covers Brown completely from head to toe. She had two people help her get into the gear. The process was very thorough, but the removal, was even more extensive.
She started with her gloves.
“You’re not just going to fling them off. You want to gradually and methodically remove them. Turning them into themselves,” explained Brown.
She carefully turns each piece of gear into itself as she removes it.
The Chief Medical Officer at Coliseum Medical Center, Dr. Michael Thornsberry, said the hospital has done simulations with every employee for treating Ebola patients.
“That person would immediately be greeted by a team. That team would be fully gowned and they would move that patient into an isolated area here in the emergency room,” explained Dr. Thornsberry.
The Hospital Corporation of America also offers the hospital an emergency preparation team.
“The CDC has said that they wish they had sent an emergency preparation team into Texas. They felt that the director there could have possibly prevented the second case from developing,” said Dr. Thornsberry.
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