A northern Illinois hospital administrator says recognizing Ebola symptoms is a challenge.
The Centers for Disease Control confirms a nurse who treated a Liberian man in Dallas now has Ebola. The CDC says the nurse appears to have followed treatment protocols…so it’s trying to figure out how she was exposed.
Dr. Kevin Most is Vice President of Medical Affairs at Central DuPage Hospital.
“The symptoms they have initially are the same symptoms we see with influenza and the same symptoms we see in believe it or not in Malaria cases here from international travelers. So, someone comes in with headache and fever your radar doesn’t go up really high until you hear that they were in West Africa and that they were in a village.” --- Dr. Kevin Most, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Central DuPage Hospital
Most thinks the CDC will find the Dallas nurse was exposed when she removed the protective gear workers wear while treating Ebola patients. He says the hospital, its urgent-care centers and affiliated doctor’s offices are running drills to practice their response in case the virus turns up here.