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The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a form of an infectious respiratory disease, discovered in November 2012 in Saudi Arabia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) reports, a total of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed cases and 866 MERS-CoV-related dea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7264457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000709 |
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author | Alabdali, Abdullah Almakhalas, Kharsan Alhusain, Faisal Albaiz, Saad Almutairi, Khalid Aljerian, Nawfal |
author_facet | Alabdali, Abdullah Almakhalas, Kharsan Alhusain, Faisal Albaiz, Saad Almutairi, Khalid Aljerian, Nawfal |
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description | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a form of an infectious respiratory disease, discovered in November 2012 in Saudi Arabia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) reports, a total of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed cases and 866 MERS-CoV-related deaths were recorded as of March 5, 2016.(1) The majority of reported cases originated from Saudi Arabia (2,121 cases). Also, MERS-CoV is believed to be of zoonotic origin and has been linked to camels in the Arabian area.(1,2) In this report, the authors discuss the lessons learned from the MERS-CoV outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh (KAMC-R) from August through September 2015 from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) perspective. The discussion includes the changes in policies and paramedic’s practice, the training and education in infection control procedures, and the process of transportation of these cases. The authors hope to share their experience in this unique situation and highlight the preparedness and response efforts that took place by the division of EMS during the outbreak. |
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spelling | pubmed-72644572020-06-02 The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective Alabdali, Abdullah Almakhalas, Kharsan Alhusain, Faisal Albaiz, Saad Almutairi, Khalid Aljerian, Nawfal Prehosp Disaster Med Field Report Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a form of an infectious respiratory disease, discovered in November 2012 in Saudi Arabia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) reports, a total of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed cases and 866 MERS-CoV-related deaths were recorded as of March 5, 2016.(1) The majority of reported cases originated from Saudi Arabia (2,121 cases). Also, MERS-CoV is believed to be of zoonotic origin and has been linked to camels in the Arabian area.(1,2) In this report, the authors discuss the lessons learned from the MERS-CoV outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh (KAMC-R) from August through September 2015 from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) perspective. The discussion includes the changes in policies and paramedic’s practice, the training and education in infection control procedures, and the process of transportation of these cases. The authors hope to share their experience in this unique situation and highlight the preparedness and response efforts that took place by the division of EMS during the outbreak. Cambridge University Press 2020-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7264457/ /pubmed/32431260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000709 Text en © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Field Report Alabdali, Abdullah Almakhalas, Kharsan Alhusain, Faisal Albaiz, Saad Almutairi, Khalid Aljerian, Nawfal The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title_full | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title_fullStr | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title_short | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective |
title_sort | middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (mers-cov) outbreak at king abdul-aziz medical city-riyadh from emergency medical services perspective |
topic | Field Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7264457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000709 |
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