Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
Briefing note prepared by the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, August 2014
As knowledge on Ebola-related safety measures accumulates, this guidance is provisional. This guide focuses on psychological first aid, which involves humane, supportive and practical help to follow human beings suffering serious crisis events. The guidance has been written for people who help othe...rs during Ebola virus disease outbreaks.
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This document provides a summary of infection control recommendations when providing direct and non-direct care to patients with suspected or confirmed Filovirus haemorrhagic fever (HF), including Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fevers. These recommendations are interim and will be updated when additi...onal information becomes available.
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Guidelines for planning and provision of pastoral and social support services
Clincial Excellence for Nursing Care, Vol. 2 (1998) no.6 pp.-343-351. Open Access with the permission of the publisher and the author.
Ebola continues to attract worldwide attention as a highly lethal virus of unknown origin that leaves victims bleeding to death and has no known vaccine or cure. Th...e purpose of this historical research was to review and analyze the primary and secondary sources available on Ebola for use by primary care nurses in the event of future outbreaks.
You could send comments to the author: susanamundsen@comcast.net
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The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in the largest Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberi...a (Free Access) NEJm, November 5, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413084
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Illustration de toutes les étapes à respecter pour procéder à une expédition sans risque des échantillons de sang humain provenant de cas suspects de maladie à virus Ebola: la préparation avant toute manipulation, la préparation de l'échantillon, l'emballage, l'étiquetage, et l'expéditio...n.
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MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 19, 2014 / 63(50);1205-1206