Assessing and planning medical air evacuations for Ebola patients – an ECDC guide23 Oct 2014

When should a medical air evacuation of an Ebola patient be considered? What are the risks both for the patient and the accompanying medical staff and airplane crew? The ECDC technical document Assessing and planning of medical air-evacuations flights to Europe by air to Europe for patients with Ebola virus disease and people exposed to Ebola virus provides guidance for the decision-making process and outlines advantages and drawbacks of different isolation approaches during transportation.

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