Informative Essay On Ebola

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"Bill for Ebola Adds Up as Care Costs $1,000 an Hour." Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2014. According to Bloomberg, a source of business and financial news and breaking headlines, Thomas Eric Duncan recently died from Ebola Virus Disease. His care costs approximately half a million dollars from the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. His treatment while there included fluids, blood transfusions, and drugs to maintain his blood pressure. It also includes the cost of security and getting rid of the Ebola-contaminated trash. Gerard Anderson, a health professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, believes that Duncan’s stay would have cost $18,000 to $24,000 a day. Coming from Liberia, Duncan had …show more content…

To contain and limit the Ebola Virus Disease, the Emergency Department put together some recommendations of what to look for and what do if the patient does have Ebola Virus Disease. The first thing upon arrival to the hospital is to check the patient’s history of travel, especially if it was to a country with recent outbreaks of Ebola. Second, all signs and symptoms of the virus must be checked including high fever, headache, muscle pain, and weakness. Third, isolate the patient in a separate room or closed off area, and start the procedures to prevent further transmission. Very few health care workers should take care of the patient to prevent spreading, and a log should be kept of who enters the room. If symptoms increase, the health care workers must wear face masks, water-resistant gowns, and two pairs of gloves. Finally, someone must notify the Hospital Infection Control Program and report to the local health department. This web page will help in conducting further research about what the U.S. is doing once Ebola Virus Disease is contracted, and how they plan on treating

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