Ebola Training for Health Care Workers to Begin in Northeast Alabama

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Wed, 2014-09-17 17:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

al.gov - by Mike Oliver - September 15, 2014

ANNISTON, Alabama -- Everything you need to know about treating Ebola -- and staying alive doing so -- will be taught in training sessions which kick off with a pilot program Sept. 22 in this northeastern Alabama town.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is behind this series of 3-day training sessions for health care workers who may deploy to Africa's hotspots, said CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund.

"This is something new we are doing for the outbreak," she said.

According to a sample syllabus, topics range from laboratory and diagnostic testing to simulating drawing blood from an Ebola patient (no real Ebola patients will participate.)

Participants will also learn how to transport or move patients, proper ways to dispose of waste and burial procedures.

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CLICK HERE - CDC Safety Training Course for Healthcare Workers Going to West Africa in Response to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

CLICK HERE - CDC - Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) - Information for Healthcare Workers

CLICK HERE - CDC - 2014 Domestic Ebola ETU Training Course - Course Syllabus (6 page .PDF file)

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The CDC will now be conducting 10, three-day training programs for those heading to west Africa to work in an Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU). This introductory course will be held at the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama, a 90-minute drive from the agency’s Atlanta headquarters. The first round of the course will be offered beginning October 6.

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