Guidance on air medical transport for SARS patients

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  This updated guidance is intended to assist air medical transport (AMT) service providers in using specialized and/or specially equipped aircraft to transport SARS patients while ensuring the safety of patients and transport personnel. It should not be generalized to commercial passenger aircraft. The recommendations are based on standard infection control practices, AMT standards, and epidemiologic information from investigations of SARS, including experience from air transport of patients during the 2003 outbreak.
• Content Notes:
  "April 23, 2004."
  
  Mode of access: Internet from the CDC web site as Acrobat .pdf file (108.5 KB, 5 p. ).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Communicable Disease Control/methods Patient Isolation Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/prevention & Control Travel Universal Precautions
• Series:
  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic resource; 1 online resource (5 p.)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61aab409f17bd010168620de516dceafd6cc5fab1fb78da57ba5528f7fc1bedb31552c8d4d3a6b497bd7603c409bdeb87918c30606349d401128db8ec6a66a6b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12062/cdc_12062_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 108.51 KB ]