Patrice Gordon, Family Nurse Practitioner Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra Leone 1

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  Identified in 1976, Zaire 55-80% mortality, >500 deaths  Numerous small outbreaks since, all in Central Africa  Filovirus, 5 species, 4 can infect humans  Bats, primates likely reservoir with spillover events to humans ? via consumption of bushmeat  Human to human transmission through exposure to infected blood/body fluids Quick History of Ebola 3

What does ebola look like? Myalgia Joint pain Fever Sore throat Fatigue Abdominal pain Rash Vomiting Diarrhea 4

5 THIS is why we need to be worried about ebola.

6 How the outbreak started

Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea FIGURES – New cases reported by country 7

 Madrid, Spain 8

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 11 Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre Ebola

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  Self Outbreak Individual patient … This is not as easy as it sounds “Put on your own oxygen mask first ” 32

 “Combination of all measures taken and activities implemented to reduce risk of transmitting infection” --- International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Infection Prevention and Control 33

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Chlorine for all purposes… 35

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  ?? Questions Thank you 47