Description
Book SynopsisSheku, Sherry M. Wren
Trade ReviewFrom the development of guidelines for providing surgical care for Ebola-positive patients in the US to providing obstetric care to women in Sierra Leone, the presented details in this book offer a firsthand account of providers’ care during this outbreak. From these experiences, health care providers across the globe learned valuable lessons on how to treat and care for people in EVD stricken areas, including those testing positive for EVD. The writing style is personal and straightforward, presenting accounts of the devastation of the EVD outbreak. This book is a must-read for all persons with an interest in EVD and international health care during an emerging crisis. Recomended.
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ChoiceTable of ContentsContributors
Series Editor's Foreword
Foreword, by David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
Preface
Timeline
Part I: The View From the United States
Chapter 1.Filling the Void: Drafting Guidelines for Surgery and Ebola
Chapter 2. The United States' Domestic Response to Ebola: Experience of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
Part II: The View From Sierra Leone
Chapter 3. Closing the Médecins Sans Frontières Maternity Hospital in Sierra Leone
Chapter 4. Treating Ebola and Non-Ebola Patients at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Chapter 5. Anesthesia and Ebola: A Loss of Touch
Chapter 6. How Ebola Affected a Clinical Officer Training Program in Sierra Leone and the Decline of Surgical Care
Part III: Technical Considerations and a Way Forward
Chapter 7. Maternity Care during the West African Ebola Outbreak
Chapter 8. Surgery during a Time of Ebola
Chapter 9. Operating in Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 10. A Surgeon as Outbreak Investigator: Ebola in Liberia
Conclusion
Index
