1. Infectious Disease Emergency Preparedness Training Protocol
for First Responders and Healthcare Providers
By: Ariana Nunez, Philip Echevarria, and Samantha DeAlmeida
Government Relations and Policy; New Jersey Hospital Association
Establish protocols and guidelines for educating
and training first responders and healthcare
providers to effectively handle infectious
disease patients in New Jersey.
Transmission of Ebola to healthcare workers
due to insufficient Ebola education and
equipment training
Absence of a designated location to house
quarantine patients
New Jersey has only acquired 3 of 10
requirements for emergency infectious
disease preparedness
Universal training for first responders
utilizing advanced PPE is imperative because
transporting potentially infected patients in
such a close proximity creates a high risk
environment
Inefficient training protocols regarding
personal protective equipment and patient
handling by healthcare providers
The Ebola toolkit has been created and
consists of comprehensive training protocols
for patient transports by first responders, and
patient handling by healthcare providers
Each designated healthcare center will
select an appointed emergency infectious
disease response team
Emergency preparedness drills once a year
for appointed New Jersey first responder and
healthcare provider response teams at
designated Ebola treatment centers
Continued Education Units (CEUs) offered
by hospitals focused on infectious disease
education and training
Community education programs
administered by local health departments
that focus on the education necessary to
distinguish infectious diseases and how to
notify proper authorities
Thank you Philip Echevarria, Samantha
DeAlmeida , and Ann Marie Hill for your
support, guidance, and contributions to help
make this project a success.
Purpose
Significance
Methodology
Outcomes
Evaluation
Recommendations
Acknowledgements
Analyzed
current
protocols
established
by New
Jersey’s
designated
Ebola
treatment
Centers
Compared
Ebola
specific
legislation
addressing
the needs of
the
community
using
LexisNexis
Conducted
interviews
with
infectious
disease
experts on
the
effectiveness
of current
protocols