Dispatch/9-1-1 PSAPs -- EMS—prior to arrival at patient -- EMS arrival at scene -- Transport to a healthcare facility -- At hospital.

SCOPE: Applies to emergency medical services providers (including emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, and medical first responders who could be providing patient care in the field—such as law enforcement and fire service personnel). For more detailed information, reference “Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease in the United States” (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/interim-guidance-emergency-medical-services-systems-911-public-safety-answering-points-management-patients-known-suspected-united-states.html).

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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

United States