Many people have gone a little bit overboard in their judgement about who should be doing what, when someone made a mistake in terms of diagnostics or quarantine, and what health officials should do next.
Well it’s not so simple when you are the one actually there, with patients, and a lot is on the line. NPR News has put together a list of scenarios and gives you the chance to think for yourself, “In this situation, what would I do?”
An example of one situation is:
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A young man in his 20s shows up at the treatment center and asks to be tested for EVD. He appears anxious and reports a history of headache, abdominal pain and diarrhea for the past 6 weeks with a notion of mild fever at the onset for 1-2 days. A thorough review reveals no history of contact with persons with EVD. He is presently afebrile [without fever].
How would you manage this patient?
Check out all of the examples here, along with what the IMAI-IMCI Alliance manual would say you should do in such a situation and what the main teaching point is.
Other news:
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