1. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is
designating select U.S. hospitals as “Ebola centers”
to receive these patients; however, every hospital
should be prepared to screen, isolate, and
transfer Ebola patients, while protecting their
staff and other patients. The CDC’s updated
Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Workers on Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) for Ebola, includes
“Rigorous and Repeated Training” as the top
recommendation, in addition to specific PPE
donning and doffing protocols, patient screening
and triage, and isolation practices.
Additionally, the CDC is encouraging hospitals
to conduct full-scale simulation drills to quickly
identify and correct issues, and ensure that the
protocols are followed accurately and consistently.
MSC is a healthcare performance improvement
organization that provides simulation-based
solutions to solve hospitals’ most costly and
complex problems. MSC’s Ebola Preparedness
Program is a turnkey training solution that allows
hospitals to quickly increase the competence
and confidence of the entire healthcare team in
preparing to receive Ebola patients while keeping
themselves, their colleagues, and other patients safe.
PARTICIPANTS:
This program may be completed by any healthcare team member, but is particularly appropriate for
frontline providers, including those working in EMS, Emergency Department, and Critical Care Units.
MSC EBOLA PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM:
Are you prepared?
For more information please contact
MSC at 888.889.5882 or email
healthcaregroup@medsimulation.com.

2. HOW IT WORKS: PROGRAM FACULTY
The program is delivered by an MSC Clinical Educator
at your facility, ideally in a patient care area for
maximum realism. MSC will deliver the human-patient
simulator and all course materials. The hospital
provides its own PPE. Each four-hour training session
may accommodate up to six healthcare providers.
MSC can deliver two sessions per day.
• Didactic review of Ebola signs and symptoms,
brief pathophysiology and epidemiology, biological
PPE and donning and doffing protocols
• Screening and triage simulation: Small groups of
participants take turns assessing a simulated patient
(pediatric and adult scenarios available) during
two scenarios, using a CDC-screening tool (Ebola
Algorithm) to confirm the disease
• Following a positive Ebola screen, participants
follow PPE donning protocol and return to the
patient to conduct an initial assessment and then
follow the PPE doffing protocol
• A debrief session will follow each simulation
• Each participant will be assessed against a
competency checklist and must achieve 100%
protocol compliance
to pass
• Optional: N95 Respiratory Fit Test (additional time
and cost per participant)
Sample Four-Hour Session Agenda:
Seth is the lead developer of MSC’s Ebola
Preparedness Program. He has served
as a training specialist under a federal
disaster preparedness grant and as a
faculty member for the National Disaster
Life Support (NDLS) Training Center
at Denver Health. In that role, Seth
was responsible for PPE fit-testing and
disaster training for the Denver Health
Paramedic Division, ED and outlying EMS
agencies. He holds a master's degree in
medical and healthcare simulation and
a certification in healthcare simulation
education (CHSE).
Seth C. Jones, MS, Paramedic, CHSE
MSC’s Simulation Solutions have
earned the exclusive endorsement of
the American Hospital Association.
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MSC’s Healthcare Performance Improvement Programs have helped hundreds of hospitals improve
and sustain healthcare provider compliance to evidence-based practices and hospital protocols
for improved patient outcomes, reduced mortality and reduced healthcare costs. MSC’s Ebola
Preparedness Program will accelerate your preparedness and training plans to ensure the safety of
your healthcare team, patients and community.
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