new Ebola patient

[Mulan]

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/13/health/nebraska-ebola-patient/index.html?eref=edition

"(CNN) -- A surgeon infected with Ebola will be transported from Sierra Leone to The Nebraska Medical Center for treatment, a U.S. government official familiar with the situation said."

"The doctor, a Sierra Leone national and legal permanent resident of the United States, is expected to arrive this weekend, most likely Saturday, the official said."

"The official said it's not known whether the doctor was working in an Ebola treatment unit or some other type of hospital. The surgeon is married to a U.S. citizen and has children, the official said."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20141114/us--ebola-omaha_patient-ca9ee14176.html

"Salia is a general surgeon who had been working at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown. Patients, including mothers who hours earlier had given birth, fled from the 60-bed hospital after news of the Ebola case emerged, United Methodist News reported."

"The hospital was closed on Tuesday after Salia tested positive and he was taken to the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center near Freetown, the church news service said. Kissy hospital staffers will be quarantined for 21 days."

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

I'd heard on the news that this MD had not come in direct contact with any Ebola patients. They're not sure how he contracted the virus.

I was among the posters here who thought it was a bad idea to deliberately bring Ebola to the US. This guy will be the 10th? person treated here.

I'm starting to believe I was wrong.

As a practical matter, how many of these patients will we be able to absorb.

Just Americans? Just those married to Americans? Just MDs?.....

Lots of ethical questions regarding who gets the million dollar treatment and who doesn't.

[AmyRN303, BSN, RN]

I'd heard on the news that this MD had not come in direct contact with any Ebola patients. They're not sure how he contracted the virus.

I was among the posters here who thought it was a bad idea to deliberately bring Ebola to the US. This guy will be the 10th? person treated here.

I'm starting to believe I was wrong.

As a practical matter, how many of these patients will we be able to absorb.

Just Americans? Just those married to Americans? Just MDs?.....

Lots of ethical questions regarding who gets the million dollar treatment and who doesn't.

He's not American by birth, but lives and practices here.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

He's not American by birth, but lives and practices here.

And a permanent resident besides.

[AmyRN303, BSN, RN]

And a permanent resident besides.

Thanks. I had to go back and look it up, as I'd only heard the news briefly this morning. I firmly believe in the right of people to be able to return home to the U.S. for treatment.

[toomuchbaloney]

Are people going to freak out and require that every nurse who cares for him be quarantined for 21 days?

[AmyRN303, BSN, RN]

Are people going to freak out and require that every nurse who cares for him be quarantined for 21 days?

ugh. I hope not.

[Semolina]

Are people going to freak out and require that every nurse who cares for him be quarantined for 21 days?

I really thought that might happen in NYC while Dr. Spencer was at Bellevue. It seemed like something one of the tabloids would do; those nurses are probably on the subway, after all. However, I never saw anything except a piece in the Times about some Bellevue employees being stigmatized (not specifically people caring for Dr. Spencer).

The Daily News even had a very sensible column saying that quarantine isn't needed.

[OCNRN63, RN]

Are people going to freak out and require that every nurse who cares for him be quarantined for 21 days?

​If they do, I wonder if the hospital will set up a "tent city" for them to live in.

[toomuchbaloney]

​If they do, I wonder if the hospital will set up a "tent city" for them to live in.

It seems that the irrational fears of the populace are centered around Americans who have interacted with ebola patients on the continent of Africa. I wonder why that would matter to them.

[Bengalcat]

It seems that the irrational fears of the populace are centered around Americans who have interacted with ebola patients on the continent of Africa. I wonder why that would matter to them.

I would imagine that the HCWs, who care for Dr. Salia will undergo the post-care monitoring protocols specified by the CDC and State of Nebraska.

What would you infer?

Of some possible interest--to quote the below-cited CBS News link:

"Dr. Martin Salia will be taken to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha . . .

"The hospital in Omaha is one of four U.S. hospitals with specialized treatment units for people with highly dangerous infectious diseases. It was chosen for the latest patient because workers at units at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital and the National Institutes of Health near Washington are still in a 21-day monitoring period."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctor-with-ebola-on-way-to-u-s-called-absolutely-dedicated/

[Bengalcat]

I'd heard on the news that this MD had not come in direct contact with any Ebola patients. They're not sure how he contracted the virus.

I was among the posters here who thought it was a bad idea to deliberately bring Ebola to the US. This guy will be the 10th? person treated here.

I'm starting to believe I was wrong.

As a practical matter, how many of these patients will we be able to absorb.

Just Americans? Just those married to Americans? Just MDs?.....

Lots of ethical questions regarding who gets the million dollar treatment and who doesn't.

It’s foreseeable that we will treat other HCWs, who served in the hot zone and who are not either U.S. citizens/residents or from Europe—and rightly so, in my view—based on transportation or geographical considerations.