[HFDlist] EMS Guidance for Covid 19 Response V3

[Ethan Naiman]

  All,

Attached is V3 of the COVID-19 response guideline. Changes are highlighted.

Each member assigned to the Ambulance has been issued a pair of  
plastic eye goggles. Please find them in your mailbox.

Stay safe.

Ethan

Quoting Ethan Naiman <enaiman at holdenma.gov>:

> All,
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> Please see updated COVID-19 Response guidelines. Changes are highlighted.
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> Any questions or concerns, please reach out anytime.
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> Ethan
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> 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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