The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) aim to increase understanding and promote preparedness of emergency departments and emergency staff concerning the Ebola hemorrhagic fever, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).
 
While countries from around the world join forces to support African communities in combating this outbreak and its spread, we want to be sure our own nation is prepared. Although ASPR, NIH, CDC and other federal agencies are working with private industry to move experimental therapies and vaccine into the earliest clinical trials, standard treatment for EVD remains supportive therapy. Early identification and appropriate isolation of Ebola cases is critical to mounting an effective response.

ACEP Ebola Expert Panel Members

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Chair:  Stephen V. Cantrill, MD, FACEP		Board Liaison:  James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
Panel Members:  Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN Edward Eitzen, MD, MPH, FACEP Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, FACEP Alexander P. Isakov, MD, FACEP Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM Josh Mugele, MD David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP Kathy Szumanski, MSN, RN, NE-BC David A. Talan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FIDSA		ACEP Staff:  Marilyn Bromley, RN Margaret Montgomery, RN, MSN Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE Nancy Calaway Laura Gore Rick Murray, EMT-P Craig Price, CAE

News & Updates

• Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States - January 28, 2016
  From the CDC
• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE - August 27, 2015
  From the CDC
    

Ebola Background & Diagnosis

• Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) - updated Nov. 16, 2014
• Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) Signs and Symptoms - updated Nov. 14, 2014
• Safe Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in U.S. Hospitals - updated Nov. 16, 2104
    

ED Triage

• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease – Updated Nov. 18, 2014
• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management for Patients Who Present with Possible Ebola Virus Disease - Oct. 25, 2014
  Flow chart algorithm
• Identify, Isolate, Inform: Ambulatory Care Evaluation of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease - Nov. 1, 2014  
  Flow chart algorithm
• Interim Guidance for Hospital Preparedness: A Framework for a Tiered Approach - Dec. 3, 2014
  From the CDC
• Ebola Screening Criteria - October, 2014
      

Personal Protective  Equipment

• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for Ebola who are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE - August 27, 2015
  From the CDC
• Considerations for U.S. Healthcare Facilities to Ensure Adequate Supplies of PPE for Ebola Preparedness - January 2015
  From the CDC
• Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment To Be Used by Healthcare Workers During Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Putting On (Donning) and Removing (Doffing) - Oct. 20, 2014
    

Treatment

• Guidance for Screening and Caring for Pregnant Women with Ebola Virus Disease for Healthcare Providers in U.S. Hospitals - Updated Nov. 16, 2014
• Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission for Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease in the United States - Oct. 22, 2014
    

Provider & Patient Education

• Guidance for Developing a Plan for Interfacility Transport of Persons Under Investigation or Confirmed Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in the United States - January 28, 2016
  From the CDC
• Ebola Preparedness: Emergency Department Training Modules
  From the CDC - February 17, 2015
• CDC Ebola Expert Tim Uyeki, MD, MPH, Offers Ebola Management and Safety Information - Nov. 13, 2014
  From ACEP Now
• Ebola 2014 Talking Points from ACEP - Oct. 7, 2014
• Clinical Update – A Publication of the ECI Healthcare Partners Education Department – October, 2014
• Ten Key “Facts” About Ebola: True or False? - Nov. 7, 2014 
  From NEJM Journal Watch
• The 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases - Oct. 21, 2014
  This is a draft chapter from KOENIG AND SCHULTZ'S DISASTER MEDICINE: COMPREHENSIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 2ND EDITION, which was published in early 2016.
• Ebola Virus Disease: Essential Public Health Principles for Clinicians - Sept. 26, 2014
  Article in press from the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
• Questions and Answers on Ebola
• Travel Health Notices
    

Communications & Publications

• FACT SHEET: Update on the Ebola Response - Dec. 2, 2014
  An update provided to President Obama from the White House Ebola Response Coordinator
• U.S. looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak - Nov. 23, 2014
  From the Associated Press
• Key Messages: Ebola Virus Disease - updated Nov. 19, 2014
• ACEP at the White House - Nov. 13, 2014
  Video of ACEP President Dr. Mike Gerardi's visit to discuss Ebola preparedness
• Emergency Physicians Can Be “Voice of Reason” in Ebola Outbreak - Oct. 28, 2014
  From ACEP Now
• New Ebola Guidelines for Emergency Departments Published by CDC - Oct 27, 2014
  ACEP Press Release
• 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Outbreak Distribution Map - updated Nov. 14, 2014
• Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) - updated Nov. 14, 2014
  Primary CDC resource page
    

EMS

• Identify, Isolate, Inform: 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 (Ebola) in the United States - Jan. 12, 2015
• Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease in the United States - updated Jan. 2, 2015
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Screening for EMS - Oct. 1, 2014
    

Preparedness

• National Guidance for Healthcare System Preparedness - January 2012
     

Quarantine & Isolation Issues

• Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola - March 23, 2015
  From Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Health Care Worker Quarantine for Ebola: To Eradicate the Virus or Alleviate Fear? - December 2014
  From Annals of Emergency Medicine
• Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure - updated Nov. 16, 2014
• ACEP Ebola Expert Panel Consensus Statement on Restrictive Movement, Including Quarantine of Health Care Workers - Nov. 13, 2014
• Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals - updated Nov. 2, 2014
• Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus - updated Nov. 14, 2014
    

Other Resources

• The Joint Commission - Preparing for Ebola Response in U.S. Health Care Facilities - October, 2014
• CMS: Information for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Concerning Possible Ebola Virus Disease - Oct. 10.2014

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ACEP Ebola Expert Panel Members

Stephen V. Cantrill, MD, FACEP
Chair, ACEP Ebola Expert Panel

James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
Board Liaison, ACEP Ebola Expert Panel

Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN
President
Emergency Nurses Association

Edward Eitzen, MD, MPH, FACEP
Senior Partner, Biodefense and Public Health Programs
Martin-Blanck and Associates
Alexandria, VA

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Alexander P. Isakov, MD, FACEP

Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM
Director
Center for Disaster Medical Sciences
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Public Health Preparedness
University of California at Irvine

Josh Mugele, MD
Associate Professor
Indiana University

David C. Pigott, MD, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Kathy Szumanski, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Deputy Executive Director, Chief Nursing Officer
Emergency Nurses Association

David A. Talan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FIDSA
Professor Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine
; Faculty, Division of Infectious Diseases,
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center