Dr. John Redd, CAPT, USPHS, explains what it was like for him fighting #ebola in Sierra Leone. #fightebola ...We, the lab and the treatment center were all in different locations. One way to conceptualize this is to imagine someone is suspected of Ebola in Dallas, has to be taken to Fort Worth to draw blood, then the blood is driven to Wichita, Kans., and if positive, the patient is transported from Fort Worth to Little Rock, Ark., for treatment. That is based on the actual drive times in Bombali.... As a physician, I learned how quickly someone can get terribly sick from Ebola and die. As a medical epidemiologist, I saw that the public health efforts to which CDC is contributing are going to be what eventually ends this outbreak. As a human being, I learned how hard working, brave and heroic my Sierra Leonean colleagues were. time/3596232/cdc-ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-interview/
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:54:34 +0000