serious contagious disease – findings from exercises and model situation 14.10.2015
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Exercise Ebola 2015 – upon the Ministry of health regulationTRANSCRIPT
Serious contagious disease – findings from exercises and model situation
14.10.2015
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Situation during Ebola events in 2014-2015
• No special regulation and law for similar situation (except vet accidents)
• Upon a decisions of health authorities but very sticky responsibilities for decisions.
• Approach to biological threat as well as to chemical hazard
• No consideration for airport (railways) procedures• No welfare for other persons (passengers)• Only experiences related to Avian Influenza (H5N1)
Exercise Ebola 2015 – upon the Ministry of health regulation
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Exercise Ebola 2015 – upon the Ministry of health regulation
• Dictate of state authorities to private subject (nonselective)• Unacceptable speed of check-in of passengers and patients• Failing command if not under fire brigade• LKPR must enter to help create standard (at least for
airport)• Substandard procedures generally provided by airports
(using PPE, temperature measurement…)• Still open question – how to disinfect AC• Patient transport• Useless decontamination on site
Suggested items by LKPR
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Suggested items by LKPR
• Bio teams need to be equipped by suitable PPE (bio suits not chemical)
• Most procedures is better do after confirm disease• To not care of AC until confirmation• Fast transport to hospital is crucible• Using suitable space for passengers• Paper over maneuvers• Command under airport until confirmation
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Recommendation upon experiences
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Recommendation upon experiences - Equipment
• Standard fire fighting chemical suits
are useless
• Work time during operation is
limited
• Unable to drive vehicle with
chemical suits
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Recommendation upon experiences - Command
• Command structure let the health
authority make a decisions to act
• BUT let the command on fire
brigade (doesn't matter if airport
or municipal) !
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Recommendation upon experiences - Process
• Do NOT measure temperature in
open space (it is useless)
• Do NOT make decontamination
PAX on site
• Do NOT use disinfection without
airline approval
• TRY decide to confirm or decline
disease and THAN take a care of
AC
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Recommendation upon experiences – Process 2
• Do NOT use positive pressure
transport portable isolation unit
(PIU) its dangerous (but wide
spread among world)
• Police without suits is useless for
panicked people
• and
• Please do NOT try to make special
regulation for each type of disease
