[HFDlist] EMS Guidance for Covid 19 Response

[Ethan Naiman]

  All,

Please see updated COVID-19 Response guidelines. Changes are highlighted.

Any questions or concerns, please reach out anytime.

Ethan

Quoting Russ Hall <rhall at holdenma.gov>:

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>    Attached please find the response guidance for patients that are  
> presumed to have Covid-19.  The dispatch center has a set of  
> questions to ask patients that fall under the chief complaint  
> criteria for Fever, Resp. Distress, General Weakness etc.  Should a  
> patient rule in on these questions, the dispatch center will notify  
> responding crews that the patient has “a positive response to the  
> questionnaire”.  If at any time providers have a suspicion of  
> Covid-19, proper PPE should be worn by all in contact with the  
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>    Chief Hall
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> RUSS HALL
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> Holden Fire Dept.
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> Holden, MA 01520
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